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Definition of axiom noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

axiom

noun
 
/ˈæksiəm/
 
/ˈæksiəm/
(formal)
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  1. 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’.
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