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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ax•i•om /ˈæksiəm/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a statement that is believed to be the truth and that requires no proof or argument;
a principle or rule universally accepted:It is an old axiom of politics that the richest candidate always wins. - Mathematics, Philosophya statement or proposition assumed to be true without proof for the sake of studying what would happen if it were in fact true.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ax•i•om (ak′sē əm),USA pronunciation n. - a self-evident truth that requires no proof.
- a universally accepted principle or rule.
- Mathematics, Philosophy[Logic, Math.]a proposition that is assumed without proof for the sake of studying the consequences that follow from it.
- Greek: something worthy, equivalent. to axiō-, variant stem of axioûn to reckon worthy + -ma resultative noun, nominal suffix
- Latin axiōma
- 1475–85
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: axiom /ˈæksɪəm/ n - a generally accepted proposition or principle, sanctioned by experience; maxim
- a universally established principle or law that is not a necessary truth
- a self-evident statement
- a statement or formula that is stipulated to be true for the purpose of a chain of reasoning: the foundation of a formal deductive system
Etymology: 15th Century: from Latin axiōma a principle, from Greek, from axioun to consider worthy, from axios worthy |