axiomatic

adjective ax·i·om·at·ic \ ˌak-sē-ə-ˈma-tik \

|Updated on: 12 Jun 2018

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Definition of axiomatic

1 : taken for granted : self-evident

an axiomatic truth

2 : based on or involving an axiom or system of axioms

axiomatic set theory

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axiomatically

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Examples of axiomatic in a Sentence

It is axiomatic that good athletes have a strong mental attitude.
it's axiomatic that the instinct for self-preservation is universal throughout the animal kingdom

Recent Examples of axiomatic from the Web

Plain and axiomatic as the real medical causes now seem to us, the majority view, from the ancient Romans to the Edwardian Celts, was intensely superstitious.

— Longreads, "Fairy Scapegoats: A History of the Persecution of Changeling Children," 9 June 2018
This inverse relationship has been axiomatic for oil markets.

— christopher alessi, WSJ, "For Oil Prices, Political Risks Dwarf the Dollar," 29 May 2018
But the interpretation of that axiomatic truth often reflects deep confusion about teachers and their profession.

— kenan jaffe, Fortune, "I Get Paid to Teach High School Students, Not to Kill or Die on the Job," 1 Mar. 2018
In all three cases, the ACLU proffers, as axiomatic, that religious accommodations that burden third parties violate the establishment clause of the First Amendment.

— margot cleveland, National Review, "ACLU Distorts the Purpose of a Federal Effort to Protect Religious Liberty," 19 Jan. 2018
Since the only point of using budget reconciliation was to enable Republicans not to work with Democrats, the requirement was axiomatic.

— jonathan chait, Daily Intelligencer, "Republicans Didn’t Reform the Tax Code. They Never Wanted To.," 20 Dec. 2017
That axiomatic Hollywood principle, action is character, takes a strange turn in All the President’s Men.

— mark feeney, Slate Magazine, "All the President’s Men," 14 June 2017
So — just as August follows July — Republicans should accept the Left’s incoming fire as axiomatic and then just do the right thing.

— deroy murdock, National Review, "Senate Majority Leader McConnell Should . . . Lead the Senate Majority," 10 July 2017
This is the axiomatic difference that explains why for-profit educational companies so often fail.

— New York Times, "The 7.2.17 Issue," 14 July 2017

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An axiom is a principle widely accepted on the basis of its intrinsic merit or one regarded as self-evidently true. A statement that is axiomatic therefore, is one against which few people would argue. "Axiomatic" entered English from Middle Greek axiōmatikos, and "axiom" derived via Latin from Greek axiōma ("something worthy") and "axios" ("worthy"). The word axiom can also refer to a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference. Such axioms are often employed in discussions of philosophy, as well as in mathematics and geometry (where they are sometimes called postulates).