axiomatic

See also: axiomàtic

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀξιωμᾰτικός (axiōmatikós, “employing logical propositions”), from ἀξίωμα (axíōma, “self-evident principle”) +‎ -ικός (-ikós, “of or pertaining to, -ic”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌæk.si.əˈmæt.ɪk/

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• Rhymes: -ætɪk

Adjective

axiomatic (comparative more axiomatic, superlative most axiomatic)

1. Self-evident or unquestionable. [from 18th c.]
   • 1932, Aldous Huxley, Brave New World‎^[1], London: Chatto & Windus:

     The students nodded, emphatically agreeing with a statement which upwards of sixty-two thousand repetitions in the dark had made them accept, not merely as true, but as axiomatic, self-evident, utterly indisputable.

   • 1984, Justice William Brennan, Welsh v. Wisconsin, United States Supreme Court (66 U.S. 740, 748)

     It is axiomatic that the "physical entry of the home is the chief evil against which the wording of the Fourth Amendment is directed."

2. (mathematics) Relating to or containing axioms. [from 19th c.]

Synonyms

• axiomatical
• self-evident

Derived terms

• axiomatically
• axiomaticity
• axiomatics
• axiomatic system
• nonaxiomatic

 

Related terms

• axiomatize
• axiomatization

Translations

self-evident

• Bulgarian: очевиден (bg) (očeviden), не нуждаещ се от доказателства
• Catalan: axiomàtic
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不言自明的 (bùyánzìmíng de)

• Dutch: vanzelfsprekend (nl)
• Finnish: itsestään selvä, ilmiselvä (fi)
• French: axiomatique (fr)
• Galician: axiomático m
• German: axiomatisch (de)
• Greek: αξιωματικός (el) (axiomatikós)

  Ancient: ἀξιωματικός (axiōmatikós)

• Hungarian: axiomatikus (hu)
• Ido: axiomatra (io)
• Indonesian: aksiomatik
• Italian: assiomatico (it)
• Korean: 자명하다 (ko) (jamyeonghada)
• Polish: aksjomatyczny (pl)
• Portuguese: axiomático
• Romanian: axiomatic (ro) m
• Russian: очеви́дный (ru) (očevídnyj), не тре́бующий доказа́тельств (ne trébujuščij dokazátelʹstv)
• Spanish: axiomático (es)
• Swedish: självklar (sv), axiomatisk (sv)

relating to axioms

• Bulgarian: аксиоматичен (bg) (aksiomatičen)
• Catalan: axiomàtic
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 公理的 (gōnglǐ de)

• Czech: axiomatický (cs) m
• Finnish: aksiomaattinen (fi)
• French: axiomatique (fr)
• German: axiomatisch (de)
• Hungarian: axiomatikus (hu)
• Ido: axiomala (io)
• Irish: aicsímeach, aicsímiteach, soiléirseach
• Italian: assiomatico (it)
• Polish: aksjomatyczny (pl)
• Portuguese: axiomático
• Romanian: axiomatic (ro) m
• Russian: аксиомати́ческий (ru) (aksiomatíčeskij)
• Spanish: axiomático (es)
• Swedish: axiomatisk (sv)

References

• “axiomatic”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “axiomatic”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French axiomatique. Equivalent to axiomă +‎ -atic.

Adjective

axiomatic m or n (feminine singular axiomatică, masculine plural axiomatici, feminine and neuter plural axiomatice)

1. axiomatic

Declension

Declension of axiomatic

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	axiomatic		axiomatică	axiomatici	axiomatice
	definite	axiomaticul		axiomatica	axiomaticii	axiomaticele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	axiomatic		axiomatice	axiomatici	axiomatice
	definite	axiomaticului		axiomaticei	axiomaticilor	axiomaticelor