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   axiom

   /ˈaksɪəm/

   noun

   • 1. a statement or proposition which is regarded as being established, accepted, or self-evidently true: "the axiom that sport builds character"
   • ▪ a statement or proposition on which an abstractly defined structure is based.

   Word Origin late 15th century: from French axiome or Latin axioma, from Greek axiōma ‘what is thought fitting’, from axios ‘worthy’.

   Scrabble Points: 14

   • A

     1

   • X

     8

   • I

     1

   • O

     1

   • M

     3

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