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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

AXIOMAT'IC,
AXIOMAT'ICAL, a. Pertaining to an axiom; having the nature of self evident truths or received principles.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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]
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]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Middle Greek axi?matikos, from Greek, honorable, from axi?mat-, axi?ma Date: 1797 1. taken for granted ; self-evident <an axiomatic truth> 2. based on or involving an axiom or system of axioms <axiomatic set theory> • axiomatically adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 self-evident. 2 relating to or containing axioms. Derivatives: axiomatically adv. Etymology: Gk axiomatikos (as AXIOM)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If something is axiomatic, it seems to be obviously true. (FORMAL) = self-evident ADJ: oft it v-link ADJ that

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a.; (also axiomatical) Self-evident, certain, positive, absolute, necessary, apodictic, a priori.

Moby Thesaurus

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