Definition of self-evident in English:

self-evident

adjective ˌsɛlfˈɛvɪd(ə)ntˌsɛlf ˈɛvədənt

Not needing to be demonstrated or explained; obvious.
self-evident truths
with clause it is self-evident that childhood experiences must have a profound effect upon our beliefs about ourselves
Example sentencesExamples
- Recognizing that rather self-evident truth is hardly by itself the substance of enduring art.
- Once this self-evident point has been appreciated, it becomes a matter of making a virtue of necessity.
- The answer is self-evident: the government should think again about its policy of not increasing the top rate of tax.
- In recent years, they have seen others come around to this self-evident truth.
- It is self-evident that if the same team work together on a regular basis there is the opportunity for learning from what has gone before.
- So much of what we are taught as self-evident truths relies on rigid thinking.
- We are the weirdos in denying what everybody else takes to be a self-evident truth.
- Now, whether it is a concession or whether it is self-evident, it is obvious people relied upon gas.
- The only properly basic propositions are those that are self-evident or incorrigible or evident to the senses.
- On race, too, we failed to speak out at crucial moments and to face up to self-evident truths.
- It spawns more committees and more reporting of self-evident truths.
- Less obvious truths are deduced from these self-evident beginnings by individually obvious steps.
- When Jefferson asserted the self-evident nature of truth it was no simple rhetorical flourish.
- That ought to be self-evident to anyone with a reasonable amount of common sense.
- Elementary properties of numbers and geometry were taken to be self-evident truths.
- They really do exist, and to them their conspiracy theories are merely a self-evident truth that the rest of us are too blind to see.
- The meaning of these expressions is not self-evident and needs explaining.
- Nowhere do I hear that the real problem, which is self-evident, is too many people for a small island.
- Davies used to believe the need to guard personal privacy against invasion was a self-evident truth.
- However, it was, he claimed, self-evident that many areas of family law had no such obvious priority.
Synonyms
obvious, clear, plain, evident, apparent, manifest, patent
distinct, definite, transparent, overt, discernible, visible, conspicuous, palpable, glaringly obvious, undisguised, unconcealed, unmistakable, unequivocal, unquestionable, undeniable

Derivatives

self-evidence

noun

Ever since photography's appearance on the stage of history, any possibility of repudiating what has turned into the self-evidence of photography, or photography as being self-evident, has thus been drastically curtailed.
Example sentencesExamples
- The familiarity and self-evidence you speak of is, of course, precisely the proper object of critical thought.
- Once the differentiation between words and music has evolved in history and been institutionalized on various levels, symbolic practices cannot avoid relating to it, but its seemingly natural self-evidence is a fiction.
- The author asserts that we live in an age of technology, and that technology's self-evidence has freed it from the need to justify itself, which in turn makes the justification of the humanities necessary.
- That this truth, for all its self-evidence, was a relatively recent discovery - the product, give or take a decade, of the preceding one hundred years - is important.

self-evidently

adverb ˌsɛlfˈɛvɪdəntli

Last week there was outrage over an academic's self-evidently preposterous argument about English teachers and the re-election of the Howard government.
Example sentencesExamples
- Where to draw the line, of course, is self-evidently difficult.
- I am just self-evidently not a threat to anyone.
- The hallmark of popular morality is its hostility to critical analysis because it makes certain propositions appear to be self-evidently true or in accord with the nature of things.
- He expressed his ‘annoyance’ at the outcome, but is self-evidently proud of the way his players have reacted to adversity, once again not of their own making.

Definition of self-evident in US English:

self-evident

adjectiveˌsɛlf ˈɛvədəntˌself ˈevədənt

Not needing to be demonstrated or explained; obvious.
self-evident truths
with clause it is self-evident that you cannot work 14 hours a day and have time left over for a child
Example sentencesExamples
- Elementary properties of numbers and geometry were taken to be self-evident truths.
- So much of what we are taught as self-evident truths relies on rigid thinking.
- The only properly basic propositions are those that are self-evident or incorrigible or evident to the senses.
- That ought to be self-evident to anyone with a reasonable amount of common sense.
- Davies used to believe the need to guard personal privacy against invasion was a self-evident truth.
- On race, too, we failed to speak out at crucial moments and to face up to self-evident truths.
- Now, whether it is a concession or whether it is self-evident, it is obvious people relied upon gas.
- It is self-evident that if the same team work together on a regular basis there is the opportunity for learning from what has gone before.
- When Jefferson asserted the self-evident nature of truth it was no simple rhetorical flourish.
- In recent years, they have seen others come around to this self-evident truth.
- Recognizing that rather self-evident truth is hardly by itself the substance of enduring art.
- Less obvious truths are deduced from these self-evident beginnings by individually obvious steps.
- The answer is self-evident: the government should think again about its policy of not increasing the top rate of tax.
- The meaning of these expressions is not self-evident and needs explaining.
- It spawns more committees and more reporting of self-evident truths.
- We are the weirdos in denying what everybody else takes to be a self-evident truth.
- Nowhere do I hear that the real problem, which is self-evident, is too many people for a small island.
- However, it was, he claimed, self-evident that many areas of family law had no such obvious priority.
- Once this self-evident point has been appreciated, it becomes a matter of making a virtue of necessity.
- They really do exist, and to them their conspiracy theories are merely a self-evident truth that the rest of us are too blind to see.
Synonyms
obvious, clear, plain, evident, apparent, manifest, patent

单词	self-evident
释义	Definition of self-evident in English: self-evident adjective ˌsɛlfˈɛvɪd(ə)ntˌsɛlf ˈɛvədənt Not needing to be demonstrated or explained; obvious. self-evident truths with clause it is self-evident that childhood experiences must have a profound effect upon our beliefs about ourselves Example sentencesExamples Recognizing that rather self-evident truth is hardly by itself the substance of enduring art. Once this self-evident point has been appreciated, it becomes a matter of making a virtue of necessity. The answer is self-evident: the government should think again about its policy of not increasing the top rate of tax. In recent years, they have seen others come around to this self-evident truth. It is self-evident that if the same team work together on a regular basis there is the opportunity for learning from what has gone before. So much of what we are taught as self-evident truths relies on rigid thinking. We are the weirdos in denying what everybody else takes to be a self-evident truth. Now, whether it is a concession or whether it is self-evident, it is obvious people relied upon gas. The only properly basic propositions are those that are self-evident or incorrigible or evident to the senses. On race, too, we failed to speak out at crucial moments and to face up to self-evident truths. It spawns more committees and more reporting of self-evident truths. Less obvious truths are deduced from these self-evident beginnings by individually obvious steps. When Jefferson asserted the self-evident nature of truth it was no simple rhetorical flourish. That ought to be self-evident to anyone with a reasonable amount of common sense. Elementary properties of numbers and geometry were taken to be self-evident truths. They really do exist, and to them their conspiracy theories are merely a self-evident truth that the rest of us are too blind to see. The meaning of these expressions is not self-evident and needs explaining. Nowhere do I hear that the real problem, which is self-evident, is too many people for a small island. Davies used to believe the need to guard personal privacy against invasion was a self-evident truth. However, it was, he claimed, self-evident that many areas of family law had no such obvious priority. Synonyms obvious, clear, plain, evident, apparent, manifest, patent distinct, definite, transparent, overt, discernible, visible, conspicuous, palpable, glaringly obvious, undisguised, unconcealed, unmistakable, unequivocal, unquestionable, undeniable Derivatives self-evidence noun Ever since photography's appearance on the stage of history, any possibility of repudiating what has turned into the self-evidence of photography, or photography as being self-evident, has thus been drastically curtailed. Example sentencesExamples The familiarity and self-evidence you speak of is, of course, precisely the proper object of critical thought. Once the differentiation between words and music has evolved in history and been institutionalized on various levels, symbolic practices cannot avoid relating to it, but its seemingly natural self-evidence is a fiction. The author asserts that we live in an age of technology, and that technology's self-evidence has freed it from the need to justify itself, which in turn makes the justification of the humanities necessary. That this truth, for all its self-evidence, was a relatively recent discovery - the product, give or take a decade, of the preceding one hundred years - is important. self-evidently adverb ˌsɛlfˈɛvɪdəntli Last week there was outrage over an academic's self-evidently preposterous argument about English teachers and the re-election of the Howard government. Example sentencesExamples Where to draw the line, of course, is self-evidently difficult. I am just self-evidently not a threat to anyone. The hallmark of popular morality is its hostility to critical analysis because it makes certain propositions appear to be self-evidently true or in accord with the nature of things. He expressed his ‘annoyance’ at the outcome, but is self-evidently proud of the way his players have reacted to adversity, once again not of their own making. Definition of self-evident in US English: self-evident adjectiveˌsɛlf ˈɛvədəntˌself ˈevədənt Not needing to be demonstrated or explained; obvious. self-evident truths with clause it is self-evident that you cannot work 14 hours a day and have time left over for a child Example sentencesExamples Elementary properties of numbers and geometry were taken to be self-evident truths. So much of what we are taught as self-evident truths relies on rigid thinking. The only properly basic propositions are those that are self-evident or incorrigible or evident to the senses. That ought to be self-evident to anyone with a reasonable amount of common sense. Davies used to believe the need to guard personal privacy against invasion was a self-evident truth. On race, too, we failed to speak out at crucial moments and to face up to self-evident truths. Now, whether it is a concession or whether it is self-evident, it is obvious people relied upon gas. It is self-evident that if the same team work together on a regular basis there is the opportunity for learning from what has gone before. When Jefferson asserted the self-evident nature of truth it was no simple rhetorical flourish. In recent years, they have seen others come around to this self-evident truth. Recognizing that rather self-evident truth is hardly by itself the substance of enduring art. Less obvious truths are deduced from these self-evident beginnings by individually obvious steps. The answer is self-evident: the government should think again about its policy of not increasing the top rate of tax. The meaning of these expressions is not self-evident and needs explaining. It spawns more committees and more reporting of self-evident truths. We are the weirdos in denying what everybody else takes to be a self-evident truth. Nowhere do I hear that the real problem, which is self-evident, is too many people for a small island. However, it was, he claimed, self-evident that many areas of family law had no such obvious priority. Once this self-evident point has been appreciated, it becomes a matter of making a virtue of necessity. They really do exist, and to them their conspiracy theories are merely a self-evident truth that the rest of us are too blind to see. Synonyms obvious, clear, plain, evident, apparent, manifest, patent
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