adj
Meaning 1
Self-evident or unquestionable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
axiomatic
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Pronunciation
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adj
Meaning 2
Relating to or containing axioms.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: mathematics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 3
of or relating to or derived from axioms- S.S.Stevens
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- axiomatic physics
- the postulational method was applied to geometry
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: axiomatical, postulational
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 4
containing aphorisms or maxims
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- axiomatic wisdom
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: aphoristic
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
evident without proof or argument
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an axiomatic truth
- we hold these truths to be self-evident
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: self-evident, taken for granted(p)
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
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.
Across languages
Translations
46 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: очевиден (očeviden) — self-evident
- Bulgarian: не нуждаещ се от доказателства — self-evident
- Catalan: axiomàtic — self-evident
- Chinese Mandarin: 不言自明的 (bùyánzìmíng de) — self-evident
- Dutch: vanzelfsprekend — self-evident
- Finnish: itsestään selvä — self-evident
- Finnish: ilmiselvä — self-evident
- French: axiomatique — self-evident
- Galician: axiomático — self-evident
- German: axiomatisch — self-evident
- Greek: αξιωματικός (axiomatikós) — self-evident
- Ancient Greek: ἀξιωματικός (axiōmatikós) — self-evident
- Hungarian: axiomatikus — self-evident
- Ido: axiomatra — self-evident
- Indonesian: aksiomatik — self-evident
- Italian: assiomatico — self-evident
- Korean: 자명하다 (jamyeonghada) — self-evident
- Latin: axiōmaticus — self-evident
- Polish: aksjomatyczny — self-evident
- Portuguese: axiomático — self-evident
- Romanian: axiomatic — self-evident
- Russian: очеви́дный (očevídnyj) — self-evident
- Russian: не тре́бующий доказа́тельств (ne trébujuščij dokazátelʹstv) — self-evident
- Spanish: axiomático — self-evident
- Swedish: självklar — self-evident
- Swedish: axiomatisk — self-evident
- Bulgarian: аксиоматичен (aksiomatičen) — relating to axioms
- Catalan: axiomàtic — relating to axioms
- Chinese Mandarin: 公理的 (gōnglǐ de) — relating to axioms
- Czech: axiomatický — relating to axioms
- Finnish: aksiomaattinen — relating to axioms
- French: axiomatique — relating to axioms
- German: axiomatisch — relating to axioms
- Hungarian: axiomatikus — relating to axioms
- Ido: axiomala — relating to axioms
- Irish: aicsímeach — relating to axioms
- Irish: aicsímiteach — relating to axioms
- Irish: soiléirseach — relating to axioms
- Italian: assiomatico — relating to axioms
- Latin: axiōmaticus — relating to axioms
- Polish: aksjomatyczny — relating to axioms
- Portuguese: axiomático — relating to axioms
- Romanian: axiomatic — relating to axioms
- Russian: аксиомати́ческий (aksiomatíčeskij) — relating to axioms
- Spanish: axiomático — relating to axioms
- Swedish: axiomatisk — relating to axioms