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· Latin
ipse dīxit
2 English words descend from Latin
ipse dīxit
, most common first.
ipse dixit
A dogmatic and unproved proposition or dictum that is accepted solely on the authority of someone who is known to have asserted it.
ipsedixitism
An unfounded, false and dogmatic assertion; an ipse dixit.