self-evident

  • 1self-evident — adj formal clearly true and needing no more proof = ↑obvious ▪ self evident truths it is self evident (that) ▪ It is self evident that childhood experiences influence our adult behaviour …

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  • 2Self-evident — Self ev i*dent, a. Evident without proof or reasoning; producing certainty or conviction upon a bare presentation to the mind; as, a self evident proposition or truth. {Self ev i*dent*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 3self-evident — 1680s, from SELF (Cf. self) + EVIDENT (Cf. evident). First attested in Locke s Essay Concerning Human Understanding …

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  • 4self-evident — [self′ev′i dənt] adj. evident without need of proof or explanation self evidently adv …

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  • 5self-evident — adjective obvious, and therefore not needing any explanation ╾ ,self evidently adverb …

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  • 6self-evident — / self explanatory [adj] obvious apparent, axiomatic, clear, comprehensible, incontrovertible, inescapable, manifest, patently true, plain, prima facie, undeniable, understandable, unmistakable, unquestionable, visible; concepts 529,548 Ant.… …

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  • 7self-evident — index apparent (perceptible), axiomatic, certain (positive), clear (apparent), coherent ( …

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  • 8self-evident — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not needing to be demonstrated or explained; obvious …

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  • 9self-evident — ADJ GRADED: usu v link ADJ A fact or situation that is self evident is so obvious that there is no need for proof or explanation. It is self evident that we will never have enough resources to meet the demand... The implications for this country… …

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  • 10self-evident — adj. VERBS ▪ appear, be, seem ▪ become ADVERB ▪ by no means ▪ These ideas were by no means self evident when they were first sugg …

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