axiom
a statement or proposition that is regarded as established, accepted, and self-evidently true
Word origin: From Greek axioma, that which is thought worthy, from axios worthy.
Axiom in a sentence
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It has become an axiom in marketing that a brand's story matters as much as its product.
The proof rests on a single axiom that every later theorem takes for granted.
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Verbal · Text Completion
Although the senator's memoir was marketed as a frank reckoning with his failures, reviewers found it relentlessly blank, dwelling on grievances and recasting every setback as the fault of his adversaries.
Using “axiom” well
An axiom is a self-evident truth accepted without proof, especially as a foundation in logic or mathematics. In ordinary use it names any widely accepted general principle.
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