ipse dixit

[ip-se dik-sit, ip-see dik-sit]

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noun

an assertion without proof.

ipse dixit

/ ˈɪpseɪ ˈdɪksɪt /

noun

an arbitrary and unsupported assertion

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Word History and Origins

Origin of ipse dixit¹

< Latin: he himself said it

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Word History and Origins

Origin of ipse dixit¹

C16, literally: he himself said it

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Example Sentences

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The age is past wherein the ipse dixit of a great name was enough to check all inquiries after truth.

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I'm not to be governed by your ipse dixit.

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Are they so sensitive of their "ipse dixit?"

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Such was his declaration that Councils had hitherto been useful only for people of unsound faith, who did not chose to believe the Pope's ipse dixit, which every good Christian had always believed.