单词 | self-evident |
释义 | self-evidentadj.n. A. adj. Evident by itself; requiring no proof or explanation; obvious, axiomatic. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > evident certainty > [adjective] > evident without proof self-evidencing1632 self-evident1643 axiomatical1678 self-evidential1700 gratuitous1775 axiomatic1797 1643 P. Hunton Treat. Monarchie ii. vii. 68 Whether the People are bound to obey the authority of two, or one of the Legislative Estates..being apparent and self-evident. 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding i. ii. 8 These general and self-evident Maxims. 1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. ii. Concl. 290 The Truth of revealed Religion,..is not self-evident. 1785 Morning Herald 14 Nov. Mr. Theatricus..took some pains to make a lapse..appear singularly glaring, by an injudicious defence of a self-evident error. 1861 F. A. Paley Æschylus' Persians 578 (note) This is one of those happy emendations which at once commend themselves by a self-evident propriety. 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) I. 405 The self-evident fact that growth is the result of eating and drinking. 1935 N.Y. Times Mag. 28 July 7/5 They [sc. portable air conditioners] may even postpone the revolution in architecture..that must come if central air conditioning is to become a self-evident necessity. 1971 E. A. Fitzpatrick Pedology i. 4/1 In some cases the contrast between horizons is dramatic and self-evident, while in others it is very subtle. 2016 Church Times 24 June 28/2 The collection is presented, unapologetically, as if the value of engaging with Augustine's writings is self-evident. B. n. Something which is self-evident, esp. a proposition which requires no proof or explanation. Also with the: that which is self-evident; the obvious. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > saying, maxim, adage > self-evident truth, axiom > [noun] truth1500 maxim?1530 head assertion1531 maximum1563 maxima1564 axiom1578 self-evident1675 truism1714 postulate1751 the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > logic > logical reasoning > [noun] > deductivism or a priori reasoning > a principle or axiom principlea1387 maximc1450 first principle1525 ground1528 principal1545 principium1550 protasis1572 theorem1588 postulate1590 axiom1593 groundsel1604 postulatuma1620 praecognitum1624 datum1646 self-evident1675 philosopheme1678 dictum of all and none1697 dictum of Aristotle1827 prius1882 ground rule1890 posit1900 1675 R. Ferguson Interest of Reason in Relig. i. i. 25 We must in all things, save a few Self-Evidents, introduce and Establish Scepticism. 1748 W. Duncan Elements Logick iii. v. 258 It [sc. Logic]..distinguishes the self-evident from the demonstrable. 1868 Athenæum 22 Aug. 241/3 The relations of premise and consequence which exist between self-evidents. 1870 A. Austin Poetry of Period 93 It were sheer waste of time to demonstrate the self-evident. 1954 H. M. Kallen Secularism is Will of God ix. 76 Whether in a personal history or a social institution, the self-evident and the infallible can remain such but briefly. 1998 Book Oct. 12/2 To the millions of people who gather with their own reading groups..for lively discussion, Styron was merely expressing the self-evident. DerivativesΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > evident certainty > [noun] apparency1604 self-evidence1652 self-evidentism1825 unmistakability1857 1825 New Monthly Mag. 13 336 Two propositions, which she is ready to back for self-evidentism against any two in Euclid. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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