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axiomatic
What does axiomatic mean?
axiomatic (adjective): self-evident or unquestionable.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use axiomatic in a sentence?
- It may be true, but it's hardly axiomatic. (Tatoeba sentence #9485180 by shekitten, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce axiomatic?
/ˌæksiəˈmætɪk/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does axiomatic come from?
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.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Words related to axiomatic
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “axiomatic” mean?
relying on another for support
Not quite: that's what reliant means.
fairly short and of slim build
Not quite: that's what petite means.
self-evident or unquestionable
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extremely bad; awful; terrible
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