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self-ev⋅i⋅dent
[self-ev-i-duh
nt, self-] 
–adjective
| evident in itself without proof or demonstration; axiomatic. |
Origin:
1665–75
1665–75
Related forms:
self-ev⋅i⋅dence, noun
self-ev⋅i⋅dent⋅ly, adverb
Synonyms:
obvious, self-explanatory.
obvious, self-explanatory.
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| self-ev·i·dent (sělf'ěv'ĭ-dənt) adj. Requiring no proof or explanation. self'-ev'i·dence n., self'-ev'i·dent·ly adv. |
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Self-evident
Self`-ev"i*dent\, a. Evident without proof or reasoning; producing certainty or conviction upon a bare presentation to the mind; as, a self-evident proposition or truth. -- Self`-ev"i*dent*ly, adv.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : self-evident
Spanish:
evidente, patente, obvio, manifiesto,
German:
selbstverständlich,
Japanese:
自明の
self-evident
1690, from self + evident (q.v.). First attested in Locke's "Essay Concerning Human Understanding."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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