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IPSEDIXITISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ipsedixitism mean? 

IPSEDIXITISM (noun)
  The noun IPSEDIXITISM has 1 sense:

1. an unsupported dogmatic assertionplay

  Familiarity information: IPSEDIXITISM used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


IPSEDIXITISM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An unsupported dogmatic assertion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

ipse dixit; ipsedixitism

Hypernyms ("ipsedixitism" is a kind of...):

assertion; asseveration; averment (a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary))


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