self-evident
adjective
evident in itself without proof or demonstration; axiomatic.
self-evidence
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a word derived from
self-evident.
Example Sentences
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But, in all of them, she manages to maintain the self-contained self-evidence and untethered potential of more ordinary flat rectangles.
From New York Times ● Dec. 26, 2017
The self-evidence of ecumenical relations between the churches is now a fact.
From Time Magazine Archive
It is not, therefore, alone to these two general propositions—'whatsoever is, is'; and 'it is impossible for the same thing to be and not to be'—that this sort of self-evidence belongs by any peculiar right.
From An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding, Volume 2 MDCXC, Based on the 2nd Edition, Books 3 and 4 by Locke, John
"There appears to be no distinct principle, having any claim to self-evidence, upon which the question can be answered so as to command general assent."
From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 6 Sex in Relation to Society by Ellis, Havelock
But the very characteristics of mystical religion which give it its self-evidence and power at the same time mark limits to its scope and range.
From Spiritual Reformers in the 16th & 17th Centuries by Jones, Rufus Matthew
