self-evident

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US /ˌsɛlfˈɛvɪdənt/ UK /ˌsɛlfˈɛvɪdənt/
adj

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    clear or obvious without needing proof

    It is self-evident that a contradiction cannot be both true and false in the same sense.

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Synonyms
1 adj · clear or obvious without... obviousevidentaxiomatic
Opposites
Word family
Forms self-evidently
Related forms evidenceevident

Etymology

From self- + evident.

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