Meaning of AXIOMATIC
| Pronunciation: | | `akseeu'matik
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- [adj] evident without proof or argument; "an axiomatic truth"; "we hold these truths to be self-evident"
- [adj] of or relating to or derived from axioms; "axiomatic physics"; "the postulational method was applied to geometry"- S.S.Stevens
- [adj] containing aphorisms or maxims; "axiomatic wisdom"
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| | Synonyms: | | aphoristic, axiomatical, obvious, postulational, self-evident, taken for granted(p) |
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| | Definition: | | \Ax`i*o*mat"ic\, Axiomatical \Ax`i*o*mat"ic*al\, a.
[Gr. ?.]
Of or pertaining to an axiom; having the nature of an axiom;
self-evident; characterized by axioms. ``Axiomatical truth.''
--Johnson.
The stores of axiomatic wisdom. --I. Taylor.
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