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self-evident
[ self-ev-i-duhnt, self- ]
/ ˌsɛlfˈɛv ɪ dənt, ˈsɛlf- /
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adjective
evident in itself without proof or demonstration; axiomatic.
OTHER WORDS FOR self-evident
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Origin of self-evident
First recorded in 1665–75
OTHER WORDS FROM self-evident
self-ev·i·dence, nounself-ev·i·dent·ly, adverbWords nearby self-evident
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inescapable,
undeniable,
understandable,
unquestionable,
apparent,
axiomatic,
clear,
comprehensible,
incontrovertible,
manifest,
plain,
prima facie,
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visible How to use self-evident in a sentence
We see detoxing as a path to transcendence, a symbol of modern urban virtue and self-transformation through abstinence.
Stephanie Giorgio, a classical musician, credits The Class for helping her cope with anxiety, focus, fear, and self-doubt.
For someone with anorexia, self-starvation makes them feel better.
I went into the audition as Fericito, the Venezuelan percussionist, and then I did a self-defense expert.
Those who come to the Dinner Party are self-selecting; they do want to talk about it.
Let the thought of self pass in, and the beauty of great action is gone, like the bloom from a soiled flower.
As Perker said this, he looked towards the door, with an evident desire to render the leave-taking as brief as possible.
Now this setting up of an orderly law-abiding self seems to me to imply that there are impulses which make for order.
At present, Louis was too self-absorbed by the struggles within him, to look deep into what was passing around him.
On May 13 Polavieja arrived in Barcelona physically broken, half blind, and with evident traces of a disordered liver.
British Dictionary definitions for self-evident
adjective
containing its own evidence or proof without need of further demonstration
Derived forms of self-evident
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