axiom
noun/ˈæksiəm/
/ˈæksiəm/
(formal)- a rule or principle that most people believe to be true
- the old axiom that you can only succeed through hard work
Word Originlate 15th cent.: from French axiome or Latin axioma, from Greek axiōma ‘what is thought fitting’, from axios ‘worthy’.Definitions on the go
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