axiomatic
adjective/ˌæksiəˈmætɪk/
/ˌæksiəˈmætɪk/
[not usually before noun] (formal)- true in such an obvious way that you do not need to prove it synonym self-evident
- It is axiomatic that life is not always easy.
Word Originlate 18th cent.: from Greek axiōmatikos, from axiōma ‘what is thought fitting’, from axios ‘worthy’.Definitions on the go
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