axiomatic

3 definitions found

axiomatic - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

axiomatic - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

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

axiomatic - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  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