It's axiomatic in politics that voters won't throw out a presidential incumbent unless they think his challenger will clean house. From LearnThat.org. [Peter Grier]
The term axiomatic is used generally to refer to a statement so obvious that it needs no proof. From Wordnik.com. [axiom] Reference
An axiomatic truth. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
axiomatic physics. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
axiomatic wisdom. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
I would prefer to see them described as axiomatic, and that they are not consistent with any medical concept of which I am aware. From Wordnik.com. [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference
'axiomatic' statement made by some priests in support of the ordination of women: 'all I need. From Wordnik.com. Reference
That the cowboy was brave has come to be axiomatic. From Wordnik.com. [Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads] Reference
There are certain truths which are termed axiomatic. From Wordnik.com. [Exposition of the Apostles Creed] Reference
It is axiomatic that our country can not stand still. From Wordnik.com. [State of the Union Address (1790-2001)] Reference
In the axiomatic form in which it is given it is a fallacy. From Wordnik.com. [Man or Matter] Reference
This thesis seems to me axiomatic and unsusceptible of argument. From Wordnik.com. [The Theory of the Theatre] Reference
Culture which assume as axiomatic that there is, there can be, no. From Wordnik.com. [Morality as a Religion An exposition of some first principles] Reference
It should be put down as axiomatic that, when a partner takes out a. From Wordnik.com. [Auction of To-day] Reference
(Descent) as axiomatic although it belongs to the domain of hypothesis. From Wordnik.com. [At the Deathbed of Darwinism A Series of Papers] Reference
The deeper the river, the more dangerous — that was axiomatic to him. From Wordnik.com. [Lonesome Dove]
This book began with the axiomatic statement that the symbol is the thing. From Wordnik.com. [The Sky Is Falling] Reference
It is axiomatic that our economy is a highly complex and sensitive mechanism. From Wordnik.com. [State of the Union Address (1790-2001)] Reference
That principle is axiomatic in its truth: the heart will ever follow the head. From Wordnik.com. [The Young Priest's Keepsake] Reference
Many, however, disbelieved in Kerm-Cher, and held to the old axiomatic truths. From Wordnik.com. [Life in a Thousand Worlds] Reference
It is axiomatic, and has the same place in psychology that axioms have in mathematics. From Wordnik.com. [The Science of Human Nature A Psychology for Beginners] Reference
It's almost axiomatic that extremely wealthy children do not often turn out well in America. From Wordnik.com. [Her Cocoon Of Values] Reference
It was axiomatic that there had to be some sort of vertical structure to society, naturally. From Wordnik.com. [The Highest Treason] Reference
The nature of axiomatic certainty is part of the fundamental problem of logic and metaphysics. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference
It's axiomatic that what Americans really want from the rest of the world is to forget about it. From Wordnik.com. [The (White) House of Shame] Reference
Trench war customs had made it almost axiomatic that firing should cease when enemy aircraft appeared. From Wordnik.com. [Pushed and the Return Push] Reference
A Doctrine 2,200 Years Old. These are startling propositions, though propounded as practically axiomatic. From Wordnik.com. [New York Times Current History: The European War from the Beginning to March 1915, Vol 1, No. 2 Who Began the War, and Why?] Reference
But the difficulty cannot be decided by drawing up a list of axiomatic precepts to fit all conceivable cases. From Wordnik.com. [Christianity and Ethics A Handbook of Christian Ethics] Reference
It is axiomatic that she was the only royal who could connect with those Britons who had once been marginalized. From Wordnik.com. [Diana's Britain] Reference
I mean, it's sort of axiomatic, as you know, among journalists that you're never completely innocent, but I was. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 17, 2003] Reference
CARLSON: Well, then, if she's so great, why wouldn't they -- just why wouldn't it be axiomatic that they pick her?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 2, 2004] Reference
It is axiomatic of conspiracy theories that their true believers see nefarious design where others see mere human error. From Wordnik.com. [A Case Of Confused Identity?] Reference
It is axiomatic that everyone is entitled to his own opinions, but not to his own facts, so what are the pertinent facts?. From Wordnik.com. [A Surplus Of Surplus-Fetish] Reference
After all, in a well-run society, it was axiomatic that everyone have basic job security; that's what kept everyone happy. From Wordnik.com. [But, I Don't Think] Reference
It is axiomatic that a debate that grips France must engage Brussels -- yet what an improbable champion in Giscard d'Estaing. From Wordnik.com. [Where Are You Now Charles De Gaulle?] Reference
But Steve was a Lord now, he reminded himself, and it was axiomatic that Lords did things their own ways for their own reasons. From Wordnik.com. [Fearful Symmetry A Terran Empire novel] Reference
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