Self-evident
31self´-ev´i|dent|ly — self ev|i|dent «SEHLF EHV uh duhnt», adjective. evident by itself; needing no proof; axiomatic: »We hold these truths to be self evident (Declaration of Independence). The self evident fact that growth is the result of eating and drinking...… …
32self-ev|i|dent — «SEHLF EHV uh duhnt», adjective. evident by itself; needing no proof; axiomatic: »We hold these truths to be self evident (Declaration of Independence). The self evident fact that growth is the result of eating and drinking... (Benjamin Jowett).… …
33self- — is a highly productive prefix forming compounds of various types, in most of which self acts as the object on which the action or attribute signified by the second element operates, e.g. self betrayal (= betrayal of oneself), self awareness (=… …
34self-ev|i|dence — «SEHLF EHV uh duhns», noun. 1. the quality or condition of being self evident: »the self evidence of natural law. 2. something that is self evident: »The author shows enormous erudition, but much of it is devoted to expressing self evidences… …
35Self-ownership — (or sovereignty of the individual, individual sovereignty or individual autonomy) is the moral or natural right (aka Freedom) of a person to be the exclusive controller of his or her own body and life. It is the concept of property in one s own… …
36self- — [self] [ME < OE < self: see SELF] prefix 1. of oneself or itself: refers to the direct object of the implied transitive verb [self love, self restraint] 2. by oneself or itself: refers to the subject of the implied verb [self acting] 3. in …
37Self-evidence — Self ev i*dence, n. The quality or state of being self evident. Locke. [1913 Webster] …
38self-explanatory — self evident / self explanatory [adj] obvious apparent, axiomatic, clear, comprehensible, incontrovertible, inescapable, manifest, patently true, plain, prima facie, undeniable, understandable, unmistakable, unquestionable, visible; concepts… …
39Self-evidence — In epistemology (theory of knowledge), a self evident proposition is one that is known to be true by understanding its meaning without proof.Some epistemologists deny that any proposition can be self evident. For most others, the belief that… …
40evident — ev|i|dent W3 [ˈevıdənt] adj [Date: 1300 1400; : French; Origin: Latin evidens, from e out + the present participle of videre to see ] easy to see, notice, or understand = ↑obvious, clear ↑clear evident that ▪ It was evident that she was unhappy.… …
