axiomatic

[ak-see-uh-mat-ik] /ˌæk si əˈmæt ɪk/
adjective
1.
pertaining to or of the nature of an axiom; self-evident; obvious.
2.
aphoristic.
Also, axiomatical.
Origin
1790-1800; < Greek axiōmatikós, equivalent to axiōmat- (stem of axíōma axiom) + -ikos -ic
Related forms
axiomatically, adverb
nonaxiomatic, adjective
nonaxiomatical, adjective
nonaxiomatically, adverb
unaxiomatic, adjective
unaxiomatically, adverb
Examples from the web for axiomatic
  • The chapter dealing with axiomatic theories is the best section of the book.
  • It was once regarded as axiomatic that globalisation would marginalise politics.
  • Yet it is the central thesis of modern axiomatic mathematics that abstractness is the price of simplicity.
  • The result is an axiomatic system that has little relevance to the real world.
  • It is axiomatic that any study of legal education necessarily entails a study of bar examinations.
  • Theories long accepted as axiomatic have recently been shaken by new scientific discoveries.
  • That knitwear travels is now axiomatic.
  • If some set of axiomatic rules is defined there can be certain statements which are neither provable nor disprovable.
  • This is due to a ubiquitous ceiling that should be axiomatic to economists and financiers a like.
  • Our difference of opinion is axiomatic, which makes it very difficult, but not hopeless.
British Dictionary definitions for axiomatic

axiomatic

/ˌæksɪəˈmætɪk/
adjective
1.
relating to or resembling an axiom; self-evident
2.
containing maxims; aphoristic
3.
(of a logical system) consisting of a set of axioms from which theorems are derived by transformation rules Compare natural deduction
Derived Forms
axiomatically, adverb
Word Origin and History for axiomatic
adj.

1797, from Greek axiomatikos, from axioma (genitive axiomatos); see axiom. Form axiomatical is attested from 1580s.