/
ˈaksɪəm/
n.
- an accepted statement or proposition regarded as being self-evidently true.
- chiefly Mathematics a statement or proposition on which an abstractly defined structure is based.
Derivative
- axiomatic adj.
- axiomatically adv.
Etymology
C15: from Fr. axiome or L. axioma, from Gk axiōma, from axios ‘worthy’.
