self-evident
Americanadjective
adjective
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- self-evidence noun
- self-evidently adverb
Etymology
Origin of self-evident
First recorded in 1665–75
Example Sentences
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That may seem self-evident, but galaxies have to spin around something.
From Salon
“If you don’t mention Trump, it’s like searching for a light switch with a blindfold on. You’re not going to find the truth. The truth is self-evident.”
From Washington Post
As Stephanie M. Lee of the Chronicle of Higher Education has pointed out, the flaws in Skidmore’s paper were virtually self-evident from the moment it reached print.
From Los Angeles Times
The harm done to a child who’s not being reflected in literature is self-evident.”
From Washington Post
“Intelligence is what intelligence tests measure” is a classical if overly self-evident definition of intelligence, stemming from a 1923 article by a pioneer of cognitive psychology, Edwin Boring.
From Scientific American
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