axiom
noun
a self-evident truth that requires no proof.
axioms
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pluralof axiom.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Mathematics is a system of symbols and accepted axioms created by human beings, which can be used as a language for describing the world.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 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
Even the 2,500-year-old Greek idea of an axiomatic geometry—a few self-evident axioms being assumed, and from them the theorems being derived by logic alone—is not being effectively taught in secondary school.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
