ipse dixitn.

/ˈɪpsiː ˈdɪksɪt/

Forms: Plural ipse dixits.

Etymology: < Latin ipse dixit, a translation of Greek αὐτὸς ἔϕα ‘he himself (the master) said it’, a phrase used by the Pythagoreans.

a. An unproved assertion resting on the bare authority of some speaker; a dogmatic statement; a dictum.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > statement > dogmatic assertion > [noun] > dogma or dictum

conclusion1393

ipse dixit1574

say-so1637

1477 W. Pecock in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 423 He wold yeffe you his labore be so ye payd for his costys. Ipse dixit.]

1574 J. Whitgift Def. Aunswere to Admon. Tract viii. v. §13 Here is neither scripture, doctor, story, council, or anything else, but ipse dixit.

1601 A. Copley Answere to Let. Iesuited Gentleman 13 A bare Ipse dixit, and nothing else.

1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 57 His Dogmatical Ipse Dixits may rather be a reason why we should not believe him.

1800 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 10 423 Criticism deals too much in ipse-dixits.

1870 J. H. Newman Ess. Gram. Assent ii. viii. 255 To emancipate us from the capricious ipse dixit of authority.

attributive.1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. I. i. vii. 125 On other occasions the ipse dixit principle..was..seated..on the same throne.

†b. transferred. Applied to the speaker. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1641 J. Trapp Theologia Theol. 126 Christ is the only Rabbin, the irrefragable Doctor, the Ipse dixit, all the words of whose mouth are right words.

Derivatives

ipse-dixitism n.

/ɪpsɪˈdɪksɪtɪz(ə)m/ dogmatic assertion.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > statement > dogmatic assertion > [noun]

peremptoriness1592

positivenessa1649

ipse-dixitisma1832

positivism1894

plonking1950

a1832 J. Bentham Deontology (1834) I. xx. 321 Why the ipse-dixit root should not produce all the branches necessary to discourse,—as ipse-dixitists, and ipse-dixitism.

1885 J. Martineau Types Ethical Theory II. 93 Bentham denounces all appeals to a moral faculty as sheer ‘ipse dixitism’.

1896 J. B. Mayor New Suppl. Guide Choice Classical Bks. Pref. 11 In contrast to this ipse-dixitism, as Bentham would have called it.

ipse-ˈdixitish adj.

ΚΠ

1808 S. T. Coleridge in Sir H. Davy's Rem. (1858) 103 I..myself think it shallow, flippant, and ipse dixitish.

ipse-ˈdixitist n.

ΚΠ

a1832 J. Bentham Deontology (1834) I. xx. 321 Why the ipse-dixit root should not produce all the branches necessary to discourse,—as ipse-dixitists, and ipse-dixitism.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2020).

单词	ipse dixit
释义	ipse dixitn. /ˈɪpsiː ˈdɪksɪt/ Forms: Plural ipse dixits. Etymology: < Latin ipse dixit, a translation of Greek αὐτὸς ἔϕα ‘he himself (the master) said it’, a phrase used by the Pythagoreans. a. An unproved assertion resting on the bare authority of some speaker; a dogmatic statement; a dictum. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > dogmatic assertion > [noun] > dogma or dictum conclusion1393 ipse dixit1574 say-so1637 1477 W. Pecock in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 423 He wold yeffe you his labore be so ye payd for his costys. Ipse dixit.] 1574 J. Whitgift Def. Aunswere to Admon. Tract viii. v. §13 Here is neither scripture, doctor, story, council, or anything else, but ipse dixit. 1601 A. Copley Answere to Let. Iesuited Gentleman 13 A bare Ipse dixit, and nothing else. 1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 57 His Dogmatical Ipse Dixits may rather be a reason why we should not believe him. 1800 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. 10 423 Criticism deals too much in ipse-dixits. 1870 J. H. Newman Ess. Gram. Assent ii. viii. 255 To emancipate us from the capricious ipse dixit of authority. attributive.1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. I. i. vii. 125 On other occasions the ipse dixit principle..was..seated..on the same throne. †b. transferred. Applied to the speaker. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1641 J. Trapp Theologia Theol. 126 Christ is the only Rabbin, the irrefragable Doctor, the Ipse dixit, all the words of whose mouth are right words. Derivatives ipse-dixitism n. /ɪpsɪˈdɪksɪtɪz(ə)m/ dogmatic assertion. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > dogmatic assertion > [noun] peremptoriness1592 positivenessa1649 ipse-dixitisma1832 positivism1894 plonking1950 a1832 J. Bentham Deontology (1834) I. xx. 321 Why the ipse-dixit root should not produce all the branches necessary to discourse,—as ipse-dixitists, and ipse-dixitism. 1885 J. Martineau Types Ethical Theory II. 93 Bentham denounces all appeals to a moral faculty as sheer ‘ipse dixitism’. 1896 J. B. Mayor New Suppl. Guide Choice Classical Bks. Pref. 11 In contrast to this ipse-dixitism, as Bentham would have called it. ipse-ˈdixitish adj. ΚΠ 1808 S. T. Coleridge in Sir H. Davy's Rem. (1858) 103 I..myself think it shallow, flippant, and ipse dixitish. ipse-ˈdixitist n. ΚΠ a1832 J. Bentham Deontology (1834) I. xx. 321 Why the ipse-dixit root should not produce all the branches necessary to discourse,—as ipse-dixitists, and ipse-dixitism. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < n.1574
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