axioms
- plural of axiom.
Example Sentences
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Indeed, like “Poor Richard,” whom Franklin invented as the author of his bestselling annual “Almanack,” the fictional Spaniard had a talent for axioms derived from observation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 9, 2026
Their mathematics and geometry, built on logical proofs from axioms, remain eternal.
From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2025
One of the key axioms of politics in our, and any other, era is that nothing lasts forever.
From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2025
“One of the axioms of the system of international relations is that such a system is intrinsically anarchic.”
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 20, 2023
However, I believe there may not be any single formulation of the fundamental theory any more than, as Godel showed, one could formulate arithmetic in terms of a single set of axioms.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
