ipse dixit
nounEtymology
Borrowed from Latin ipse dīxit (“he himself said it”), calque of Ancient Greek αὐτὸς ἔφα (autòs épha). Originally used by the followers of Pythagoreanism, who claimed this or that proposition to be uttered by Pythagoras himself. Extended during the Middle Ages to the statements of Aristotle, and more famously used in such contexts.
- borrowed from ipse dīxit
Definitions
A dogmatic and unproved proposition or dictum that is accepted solely on the authority of…
A dogmatic and unproved proposition or dictum that is accepted solely on the authority of someone who is known to have asserted it.
- To, avoid, therefore, all Imputation of laying down a Rule for Poſterity, founded only on the Authority of ipſe dixit; for which, to ſay the Truth, we have not the profoundeſt Veneration; […]
An authority who makes such an assertion.
The neighborhood
- antonymad hominemantonym(s) of “unproved dogmatic assertion”
- antonymargumentum ad hominemantonym(s) of “unproved dogmatic assertion”
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA