axiom

Definitions


[ˈaksɪəm], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a statement or proposition which is regarded as being established, accepted, or self-evidently true
(e.g: the axiom that sport builds character)


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Origin:
late 15th century: from French axiome or Latin axioma, from Greek axiōma ‘what is thought fitting’, from axios ‘worthy’




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