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Synonyms for axiom

Grammar : Noun
Spell : ak-see-uh m
Phonetic Transcription : ˈæk si əm

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Définition of axiom

Origin :
  • late 15c., from Middle French axiome, from Latin axioma, from Greek axioma "authority," literally "that which is thought worthy or fit," from axioun "to think worthy," from axios "worthy, worth, of like value, weighing as much," from PIE adjective *ag-ty-o- "weighty," from root *ag- "to drive, draw, move" (see act (n.)).
  • Axioms in philosophy are not axioms until they are proved upon our pulses. [Keats, letter, May 3, 1818]
  • noun principle
Example sentences :
  • It is an axiom in all progress that the more we conquer the more easily we conquer.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • That the half may be better than the whole in travel is an axiom verified every day.
  • Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
  • In the practice of law this axiom is not yet generally accepted.
  • Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
  • It's an axiom, I think, that to heighten a nation's wisdom you must lower its franchise.
  • Extract from : « The Stark Munro Letters » by J. Stark Munro
  • So convinced am I of the truth of this axiom, that I should not die easy if I had not told it.
  • Extract from : « Arthur O'Leary » by Charles James Lever
  • I am able, as well as any man, to verify the truth of this axiom.
  • Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
  • The axiom was a favourite with his father, who had sickened him with it.
  • Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus
  • That is an axiom I have frequently heard fall from the lips of my dear mistress.
  • Extract from : « Aunt Rachel » by David Christie Murray
  • It is an axiom with us that the King never dies, being a Corporation sole.
  • Extract from : « Ancient Law » by Sir Henry James Sumner Maine
  • Now, it has come to be an axiom that "any one can take a trench but few can hold one."
  • Extract from : « The Emma Gees » by Herbert Wes McBride

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