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axiom
has definitions from the fields of mathematics,logic
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[ noun ] a saying that widely accepted on its own merits
Synonyms Used in print (Harold Searles, "Schizophrenic Communication,"...)The content of his words may lapse back into monotonous repetition , as if a phonograph_needle were stuck in one groove ; only seldom is it so simple as to be a matter of his obviously parroting some timeworn axiom , common to our culture , which he has evidently heard , over_and_over , from a parent until he experiences it as part of him . |
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[ noun ] (logic) a proposition that is not susceptible of proof or disproof; its truth is assumed to be self-evident
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