axiomatic

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 \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.
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         The stores of axiomatic wisdom.          --I. Taylor.
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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