axiomatic
adj/ˌæk.si.əˈmæt.ɪk/
Etymology From Ancient Greek ἀξιωμᾰτικός (axiōmătikós, “employing logical propositions”), from ἀξίωμα (axíōma, “self-evident principle”) + -ικός (-ikós, “of or pertaining to, -ic”), equivalent to axiom + -atic.
1
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.1932, Aldous Huxley, Brave New World, London: Chatto & Windus:
- It is axiomatic that the "physical entry of the home is the chief evil against which the wording of the Fourth Amendment is directed."1984, Justice William Brennan, Welsh v. Wisconsin, United States Supreme Court (66 U.S. 740, 748)
2
Mathematics, Sciences Relating to or containing axioms.
- Synonyms
- axiomatical, self-evident
- Derived terms
- axiomatically, axiomaticity, axiomatics, axiomatic system, nonaxiomatic
- Related terms
- axiomatize, axiomatization