Axiomatic

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Axiomatic \Ax`i*o*mat"ic\, Axiomatical \Ax`i*o*mat"ic*al\, a.
     [Gr. ?.]
     Of or pertaining to an axiom; having the nature of an axiom;
     self-evident; characterized by axioms. "Axiomatical truth."
     --Johnson.
     [1913 Webster]


  
           The stores of axiomatic wisdom.          --I. Taylor.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  axiomatic
       adj 1: evident without proof or argument; "an axiomatic truth"; "we
              hold these truths to be self-evident" [syn: {self-evident},
               {taken for granted(p)}]
       2: containing aphorisms or maxims; "axiomatic wisdom" [syn: {aphoristic}]
       3: of or relating to or derived from axioms; "axiomatic
          physics"; "the postulational method was applied to
          geometry"- S.S.Stevens [syn: {axiomatical}, {postulational}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  68 Moby Thesaurus words for "axiomatic":
     absolute, actual, admitting no question, aphoristic, apparent,
     clear, clear as crystal, confirmable, crisp, crystal-clear,
     demonstrable, demonstratable, discernible, distinct, epigrammatic,
     evident, explicit, express, factual, formulaic, formulistic,
     gnomic, historical, inappealable, incontestable, incontrovertible,
     indisputable, indubitable, irrefragable, irrefutable, manifest,
     noticeable, observable, obvious, open-and-shut, palpable, patent,
     perceivable, perceptible, perspicuous, pithy, plain, plain as day,
     platitudinous, pointed, provable, proverbial, pungent, real,
     seeable, self-evident, self-explaining, self-explanatory,
     sententious, succinct, tangible, terse, testable, to be seen,
     unanswerable, unconfutable, undeniable, unimpeachable,
     unmistakable, unquestionable, unrefutable, verifiable, visible