What does axiomatic mean?
Axiomatic means Self-evident or unquestionable. [from 18th c.].
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/ˌæk.si.əˈmæt.ɪk/ · adjective
Self-evident or unquestionable. [from 18th c.].
It is axiomatic that the "physical entry of the home is the chief evil against which the wording of the Fourth Amendment is directed."
The students nodded, emphatically agreeing with a statement which upwards of sixty-two thousand repetitions in the dark had made them accept, not merely as true, but as axiomatic, self-evident, utterly indisputable.
Use axiomatic when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Axiomatic means Self-evident or unquestionable. [from 18th c.].
Common synonyms include axiomatical, self-evident, obvious, aphoristic.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
It is axiomatic that the "physical entry of the home is the chief evil against which the wording of the Fourth Amendment is directed."
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