axiomatic

Yes, I know, it's not axiomatic that a vote against Upton means a loss.
In Defense of the House 39|Michael Tomasky|November 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST
After Vietnam, it was axiomatic that the press would approach those in power with a skepticism verging on cynicism.
Nixon, Obama, and How We Lost Trust in the U.S. Government|Stuart Stevens|October 31, 2013|DAILY BEAST
When you pay them more, it is axiomatic that they will spend more.
Obama Should Take on the Private Sector’s Wage Delusion|Daniel Gross|July 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST
All it seems to mean is: really good, sells poorly—a relationship common enough in literary fiction as to feel axiomatic.
Pulp Fiction, With a Poet's Touch|Taylor Antrim|April 29, 2009|DAILY BEAST

That his present purpose was righteous, he passionately believed; that one should pay his blood-debt seemed axiomatic.
The Code of the Mountains|Charles Neville Buck
The same axiomatic proposition must dominate every legal task, but especially every task of criminal law.
Criminal Psychology|Hans Gross
The strangest part of the matter is, that this doctrine seems to M. Comte to be axiomatic.
August Comte and Positivism|John-Stuart Mill
Of course the real purpose of the game was to take care of Martha—that was axiomatic!
Rough-Hewn|Dorothy Canfield
With all the intelligent people she had ever known, it had been axiomatic that there was no answer.
Rough-Hewn|Dorothy Canfield

British Dictionary definitions for axiomatic

axiomatic

axiomatical

/ (ˌæksɪəˈmætɪk) /

adjective

relating to or resembling an axiom; self-evident

containing maxims; aphoristic

(of a logical system) consisting of a set of axioms from which theorems are derived by transformation rulesCompare natural deduction

Derived forms of axiomatic

axiomatically, adverb

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