axiomatic [ ak-see-uh-mat-ik ]
The word of the day is ‘axiomatic’.
The word is an adjective, i.e., it adds more information about the noun or sentence.
No, the word is an adjective. Therefore, it does not have a past form.
It means:
1. Understood
2. Aphoristic
3. Self-evident or unquestionable
4. Accepted
1. It was axiomatic that there had to be some sort of vertical structure to society, naturally.
2. We must not assume any of the rights of property as axiomatic.
3. This is too axiomatic to enlarge upon, but the illustration is strong.
4. It was axiomatic with him also that it is not tossed at once.
5. We call this the law of causation and say that it is axiomatic.
Some synonyms of today’s word are:
aphoristic, absolute, accepted, apothegmatic, assumed, certain, fundamental, given, indubitable, manifest, obvious, presupposed, proverbial, self-evident, unquestioned, self-evident, unquestionable, undeniable, understood, granted, apodictic, indemonstrable, apparent, demonstrable, blatant etc.
misunderstood, questionable, uncertain, problematic, debatable, contestable, cloak and dagger, cagey, inscrutable, ambivalent, equivocal, unsteady, iffy, risky, suspensive, distrustful
Quotation:
It seems to me obviously axiomatic that markets are not magical, that they’re organised in a range of regulated entities created by men. We decide in what we will have markets, and we decide how the rules work and how they’ll conduct themselves.
John Lanchester
Social Example:
Did you miss out on reading this Word of the Day? Catch up now!
http://www.vocabularytoday.com/terse-meaning-usage-quotes-and-social-examples/
Leave a Reply