AXIOMATIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does axiomatic mean? 

• AXIOMATIC (adjective)
  The adjective AXIOMATIC has 3 senses:

1. evident without proof or argument

2. containing aphorisms or maxims

3. of or relating to or derived from axioms

  Familiarity information: AXIOMATIC used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AXIOMATIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Evident without proof or argument

Synonyms:

axiomatic; self-evident; taken for granted

Context example:

we hold these truths to be self-evident

Similar:

obvious (easily perceived by the senses or grasped by the mind)

Derivation:

axiom ((logic) a proposition that is not susceptible of proof or disproof; its truth is assumed to be self-evident)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Containing aphorisms or maxims

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

aphoristic; axiomatic

Context example:

axiomatic wisdom

Pertainym:

axiom (a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits)

Derivation:

axiom (a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Of or relating to or derived from axioms

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

axiomatic; axiomatical; postulational

Context example:

the postulational method was applied to geometry

Pertainym:

axiom ((logic) a proposition that is not susceptible of proof or disproof; its truth is assumed to be self-evident)

Derivation:

axiom ((logic) a proposition that is not susceptible of proof or disproof; its truth is assumed to be self-evident)

 Context examples 

Value of life? How could I answer the question on the spur of the moment? The sacredness of life I had accepted as axiomatic.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)