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- Dictionaryaxiom/ˈaksɪəm/
noun
- 1. a statement or proposition which is regarded as being established, accepted, or self-evidently true: "the axiom that sport builds character"
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Statement that is taken to be true
An axiom, postulate, or assumption is a statement that is taken to be true, to serve as a premise or starting point for further reasoning and arguments. The word comes from the Ancient Greek word (axíōma), meaning 'that which is thought worthy or fit' or 'that which commends itself as evident'. The precise definition varies across fields of study. In classic philosophy, an axiom is a statement tha... Wikipedia