Meaning & use

Axiomatic

adjective·Academic

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Self-evidently true, or accepted as a starting point without need for proof; relating to axioms.

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It's almost axiomatic that practice improves performance.

The theorem rests on a small set of axiomatic assumptions about space and number.

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From Greek "axioma" (that which is thought worthy or fit), the root shared with mathematical "axioms."

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self-evidentindisputable

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