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English noun: axiom

1. axiom (communication) a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits


Synonymsmaxim


Broader (hypernym)expression, locution, saying


Narrower (hyponym)aphorism, apophthegm, apothegm, gnome, moralism

2. axiom (communication) (logic) a proposition that is not susceptible of proof or disproof; its truth is assumed to be self-evident


Broader (hypernym)proposition


Narrower (hyponym)Euclid's axiom, Euclid's postulate, Euclidean axiom


Domain categorylogic









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