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AXIOMATIC

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Dictionary entry overview: What does axiomatic mean?

• AXIOMATIC (adjective)
The adjective AXIOMATIC has 3 senses:

1. evident without proof or argument
2. containing aphorisms or maxims
3. of or relating to or derived from axioms

Familiarity information: AXIOMATIC used as an adjective is uncommon.

Dictionary entry details

• AXIOMATIC (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Evident without proof or argument

Synonyms:

axiomatic; self-evident; taken for granted

Context examples:

an axiomatic truth / we hold these truths to be self-evident

Similar:

obvious (easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Containing aphorisms or maxims

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

aphoristic; axiomatic

Context example:

axiomatic wisdom

Pertainym:

axiom (a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits)

Sense 3

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Meaning:

Of or relating to or derived from axioms

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

axiomatical; postulational; axiomatic

Context examples:

axiomatic physics / the postulational method was applied to geometry

Pertainym:

axiom ((logic) a proposition that is not susceptible of proof or disproof; its truth is assumed to be self-evident)

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