axiomatic
Collocations
4ADJ.
physical, self-evident, true
VERB + AXIOMATIC
taken, think
AXIOMATIC + NOUN
children, utterl
ADV.
hardly, only
Definitions
adj
Self-evident or unquestionable.
The students nodded, emphatically agreeing with a statement which upwards of sixty-two thousand repetitions in the dark had made them accept, not merely as true, but as axiomatic, self-evident, utterly indisputable.
It is axiomatic that the "physical entry of the home is the chief evil against which the wording of the Fourth Amendment is directed."
Relating to or containing axioms.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — evident without proof or argument
- self-evident
adjective — of or relating to or derived from axioms
- axiomatical
- postulational
adjective — containing aphorisms or maxims
- aphoristic
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
5The students nodded, emphatically agreeing with a statement which upwards of sixty-two thousand repetitions in the dark had made them accept, not merely as true, but as axiomatic, self-evident, utterl
WiktionaryIt is axiomatic that the "physical entry of the home is the chief evil against which the wording of the Fourth Amendment is directed."
WiktionaryYou think it's axiomatic, but I think we need to prove it.
Tatoeba · #9040782In America it's taken as axiomatic that only children can learn languages.
Tatoeba · #9418562It may be true, but it's hardly axiomatic.
Tatoeba · #9485180