axiom
nounEtymology
From Middle French axiome in the 15th century, from Latin axiōma (“axiom; principle”), from Ancient Greek ἀξίωμα (axíōma, “that which is thought to fit, a requisite, that which a pupil is required to know beforehand, a self-evident principle”), from ἀξιόω (axióō, “to think fit or worthy, to require, to demand”), from ἄξιος (áxios, “fit, worthy”, literally “weighing as much as; of like value”), from ἄγω (ágō, “to weigh (down)”).
Definitions
A seemingly self-evident or necessary truth which is based on assumption
A seemingly self-evident or necessary truth which is based on assumption; a principle or proposition which cannot actually be proved or disproved.
- Near-synonyms: given, facticity
A fundamental assumption that serves as a basis for deduction of theorems
A fundamental assumption that serves as a basis for deduction of theorems; a postulate (sometimes distinguished from postulates as being universally applicable, whereas postulates are particular to a certain science or context).
- Holonym: formal system
- Near-synonyms: given, facticity
- […] Geometry, an excellent Logic, as you obſerve, where the definitions are clear, where the Poſtulata cannot be refuſed, nor the Axioms denied; […]
An established principle in some artistic practice or science that is universally…
An established principle in some artistic practice or science that is universally received.
- The axioms of political economy cannot be considered absolute truths.
The neighborhood
- neighborconjectureother terms of interest
- neighborcorollaryother terms of interest
- neighbordemonstrationother terms of interest
- neighborhypothesisother terms of interest
- neighborlawother terms of interest
- neighborlemmaother terms of interest
- neighborporismother terms of interest
- neighborpostulateother terms of interest
- neighborpremiseother terms of interest
- neighborprincipleother terms of interest
- neighborproofother terms of interest
- neighborpropositionother terms of interest
Derived
axiomatic, axiomatical, axiomatically, axiomatisation, axiomatization, axiomatise, axiomatize, axiomic, axiomless, axiomlike, axiom of countable choice, axiom of extensionality, axiom schema, axiom scheme, axiom system, closure axiom, field axiom, Luce's choice axiom, nonaggression axiom, non-aggression axiom, Pasch's axiom, Peano axiom, Wightman axiom
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at axiom. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at axiom. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
5 hops · closes at axiom
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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