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noun
A seemingly self-evident or necessary truth which is based on assumption; a principle or proposition which cannot actually be proved or disproved.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
Synonyms: axioma, postulate, given, facticity
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A fundamental assumption that serves as a basis for deduction of theorems; a postulate (sometimes distinguished from postulates as being universally applicable, whereas postulates are particular to a certain science or context).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: proof theory
Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences
Synonyms: axioma, postulate, given, facticity
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: well-formed formula, wff
noun
An established principle in some artistic practice or science that is universally received.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
(logic) a proposition that is not susceptible of proof or disproof; its truth is assumed to be self-evident
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: proposition
Narrower terms: Euclid's axiom, Euclid's postulate, Euclidean axiom
noun
a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: maxim
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: saying, expression, locution
Narrower terms: aphorism, apothegm, apophthegm, gnome, moralism
History
From Middle French axiome in the 15th century, from Latin axiōma (“axiom; principle”), from Ancient Greek ἀξίωμα (axíōma, “that which is thought to fit, a requisite, that which a pupil is required to know beforehand, a self-evident principle”), from ἀξιόω (axióō, “to think fit or worthy, to require, to demand”), from ἄξιος (áxios, “fit, worthy”, literally “weighing as much as; of like value”), from ἄγω (ágō, “to weigh (down)”).
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