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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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
With so many axioms, all the theorems are surface ones requiring only three or four steps to prove; none has any depth.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
