nnoun.communicationa saying that is widely accepted on its own meritsSynset:maxim
Derivationally Related Form:axiomatic
Hypernyms:expression locution saying
Inherited Hypernyms:maximsayingspeechauditory communicationcommunicationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:aphorismapophthegmapothegmgnomemoralism
Full Hyponyms:aphorismgnomemoralismmurphy's law
nnoun.communication(logic) a proposition that is not susceptible of proof or disproof; its truth is assumed to be self-evidentTopic:logic
Derivationally Related Form:axiomaticalaxiomatic
Hypernyms:proposition
Inherited Hypernyms:axiompropositionstatementmessagecommunicationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:Euclid's axiomEuclid's postulateEuclidean axiom
Full Hyponyms:euclid's axiomeuclid's fifth axiomeuclid's first axiomeuclid's fourth axiomeuclid's second axiomeuclid's third axiom