ipse dixits

Definition of ipse dixitsnext
plural of ipse dixit
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Noun
  • Unable to neatly reconcile its two narrative premises, the film loses momentum, pushing well past the brisk runtime and zippy pace this kind of material usually depends on.
    Ben Croll, IndieWire, 12 May 2026
  • The case does not involve Superdry, its premises, employees or business activity, and Superdry was not a party to the court proceedings.
    Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 7 May 2026
Noun
  • Another postulates that sleep removes waste from the brain.
    Shayla Love, New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Ruben does little to dissuade Niall’s presumptions.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 21 Apr. 2026
  • This notion was based on outdated presumptions of hillforts as being occupied by violent, prehistoric savages.
    News Desk, Artforum, 10 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Our job isn’t to keep everyone happy by confirming their assumptions.
    Jonathan Zimmerman, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2026
  • The cost model for these units is based on current material, labor, and financing data for the first commercial deployment rather than theoretical assumptions regarding future mass production.
    Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 14 May 2026
Noun
  • Moreover, any consistent system must also be incomplete, meaning that there are true mathematical statements that cannot be proved using the system’s axioms.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 29 Apr. 2026
  • In other words, as Cleveland tore through the league last season, the players responded to most of the milestones reached with a collective shrug and worn axioms about nothing mattering until the playoffs.
    Joe Vardon, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • By now, decades into Americans’ pursuit of cooking as a mainstream hobby, certain maxims have become near-law among food lovers.
    Emily Heil, Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Maybe anyone planning long journeys should take those maxims as advice anyhow.
    Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The conservative justices peppered Stewart with hypotheticals.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 24 Mar. 2026
  • In the view of the Department of Defense, Anthropic kneecapped the partnership by insisting on unnecessary guardrails, attempting to litigate specific hypotheticals, and then dragging its feet in the subsequent negotiations.
    Harry Booth, Time, 11 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • While none of this comes as any surprise to God, the Apostle Paul worried about believers falling prey to people who teach false gospels.
    Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 2 Apr. 2026
  • All four gospels - Matthew, Mark, Luke and John - describe Jesus riding into Jerusalem on a donkey while a crowd met him, waving palm fronds.
    Josh Kelly, Oklahoman, 25 Mar. 2026
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“Ipse dixits.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ipse%20dixits. Accessed 16 May. 2026.

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