Meanings
comparative more axiomatic · superlative most axiomatic
- Self-evident or unquestionable.
It is axiomatic that the "physical entry of the home is the chief evil against which the wording of the Fourth Amendment is directed."
1984, Justice William Brennan, Welsh v. Wisconsin, United States Supreme Court (66 U.S. 740, 748)1 more example
The students nodded, emphatically agreeing with a statement which upwards of sixty-two thousand repetitions in the dark had made them accept, not merely as true, but as axiomatic, self-evident, utterly indisputable.
1932, Aldous Huxley, Brave New World, London: Chatto & Windus - mathematicsRelating to or containing axioms.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveevident without proof or argument
adjectivecontaining aphorisms or maxims
adjectiveof or relating to or derived from axioms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekἀξιωμᾰτικός“employing logical propositions”
- Englishaxiomatic
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.
More words from Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ἀξιωματικός
- ἀξιωματικός (axiōmatikós)self-evident
Bulgarian очевиден, не нуждаещ се от доказателства
- очевиден (očeviden)self-evident
- не нуждаещ се от доказателстваself-evident
- аксиоматичен (aksiomatičen)relating to axioms
Catalan axiomàtic, axiomàtic
- axiomàticself-evident
- axiomàticrelating to axioms
Chinese Mandarin 不言自明的, 公理的
- 不言自明的 (bùyánzìmíng de)self-evident
- 公理的 (gōnglǐ de)relating to axioms
Czech axiomatický
- axiomatickýrelating to axioms
Dutch vanzelfsprekend
- vanzelfsprekendself-evident
Finnish itsestään selvä, ilmiselvä
- itsestään selväself-evident
- ilmiselväself-evident
- aksiomaattinenrelating to axioms
French axiomatique, axiomatique
- axiomatiqueself-evident
- axiomatiquerelating to axioms
German axiomatisch, axiomatisch
- axiomatischself-evident
- axiomatischrelating to axioms
Greek αξιωματικός
- αξιωματικός (axiomatikós)self-evident
Hungarian axiomatikus, axiomatikus
- axiomatikusself-evident
- axiomatikusrelating to axioms
Indonesian aksiomatik
- aksiomatikself-evident
Irish aicsímeach, aicsímiteach
- aicsímeachrelating to axioms
- aicsímiteachrelating to axioms
- soiléirseachrelating to axioms
Italian assiomatico, assiomatico
- assiomaticoself-evident
- assiomaticorelating to axioms
Korean 자명하다
- 자명하다 (jamyeonghada)self-evident
Latin axiōmaticus, axiōmaticus
- axiōmaticusself-evident
- axiōmaticusrelating to axioms
Polish aksjomatyczny, aksjomatyczny
- aksjomatycznyself-evident
- aksjomatycznyrelating to axioms
Portuguese axiomático, axiomático
- axiomáticoself-evident
- axiomáticorelating to axioms
Romanian axiomatic, axiomatic
- axiomaticself-evident
- axiomaticrelating to axioms
Russian очеви́дный, не тре́бующий доказа́тельств
- очеви́дный (očevídnyj)self-evident
- не тре́бующий доказа́тельств (ne trébujuščij dokazátelʹstv)self-evident
- аксиомати́ческий (aksiomatíčeskij)relating to axioms
Spanish axiomático, axiomático
- axiomáticoself-evident
- axiomáticorelating to axioms
Swedish självklar, axiomatisk
- självklarself-evident
- axiomatiskself-evident
- axiomatiskrelating to axioms
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with axiomatic
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axiomatic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/axiomatic
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