self-evidence

noun

self-evidence

noun

Etymology From self- + evidence.

1

The quality of being self-evident.

Any... man knows, that the whole is equal to all its parts, or any other maxim, and all from the same reason of self-evidence.1689, John Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, IV. vii. 10:

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