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Webster 1913 Edition

Self-evident

Selfˊ-ev′i-dent

,
Adj.
Evident without proof or reasoning; producing certainty or conviction upon a bare presentation to the mind;
as, a
self-evident
proposition or truth
.
–
Selfˊ-ev′i-dent-ly
,
adv.

Webster 1828 Edition

Self-evident

SELF-EV'IDENT

,
Adj.
Evident without proof or reasoning; that produces certainty or clear conviction upon a bare presentation to the mind; as a self-evident propostion or truth. That two and three make five, is self-evident.

Definition 2024

self-evident

self-evident

English

Adjective

self-evident ‎(not comparable)

  1. Obviously true, and requiring no proof, argument or explanation
    • 1776, United States Declaration of Independence:
      We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal...
    • 1999, Bertrand Russell, Charles R. Pigden, Russell on Ethics:
      Can we then find axioms as self-evident as those of Arithmetic, on which we can build as on a sure foundation, which could be shaken only by a scepticism which should attack the whole fabric of our knowledge?

Synonyms

  • See also Wikisaurus:obvious

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Etymology

self- +‎ evident

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