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[ self-ev-i-duhnt, self- ] / ˌsɛlfˈɛv ɪ dənt, ˈsɛlf- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR self-evident ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveevident in itself without proof or demonstration; axiomatic. Origin of self-evidentFirst recorded in 1665–75 SYNONYMS FOR self-evidentobvious, self-explanatory. SEE SYNONYMS FOR self-evident ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM self-evidentself-ev·i·dence, nounself-ev·i·dent·ly, adverbWords nearby self-evidentself-employed, self-employment, self-energizing, self-enforcing, self-esteem, self-evident, self-examination, self-excited, self-exculpatory, self-executing, self-exile Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for self-evidentAnd besides, as a nation, we hold this truth to be self-evident: resolutions are made to be broken. Forget the Resolutions; Try a Few Declarations|Kevin Bleyer|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST In the meantime, certain rules of thumb about drone use are self-evident. Soon We’ll Be Watching Whales By Drone|Abigail Golden|August 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST In this, the smart Republican response is self-evident: Get behind a comprehensive reform bill posthaste. GOP on Immigration: Short-Term Gain, but Long-Term Pain|Kristen Soltis Anderson|August 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST Let me spare you the reading time: He never satisfactorily responds to that question, but then again, the answer is self-evident. Adam Levine Is Off the Market… Thank God|Emily Shire|July 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Was writing a self-evident career early on in both your lives? Joshua Foer: How I Write|Noah Charney|January 16, 2013|DAILY BEAST And imagination reeled before their combined contemplation in the hands of these anmic and self-evident amateurs. The Corner of Harley Street|Henry Bashford How can a system, built upon a stout and impudent denial of self-evident truth--a system of treating men like cattle--operate? The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus|American Anti-Slavery Society That the interpretation is taken from Gothic traditions is self-evident. Teutonic Mythology, Vol. 1 of 3|Viktor Rydberg, Ph.D. As this proposition was self-evident, no one denied its justice. The Deerslayer|James Fenimore Cooper The fact that it is so well-known, is so self-evident—causes it to be overlooked. Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society, Volume I (of 14)|Mississippi Historical Society
British Dictionary definitions for self-evident
adjectivecontaining its own evidence or proof without need of further demonstration Derived forms of self-evidentself-evidence, nounself-evidently, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to self-evidentunderstandable, undeniable, inescapable, unquestionable, apparent, axiomatic, clear, comprehensible, incontrovertible, manifest, plain, prima facie, self-explanatory, unmistakable, visible |