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self-evident
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As an adjective, self-evident means evident without proof or argument.
Meanings of self-evident
1 meaningadjective
Evident without proof or argument
“an axiomatic truth”
“we hold these truths to be self-evident”
Similar: axiomatic, taken for granted
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).
Synonyms by meaning
adjective: evident without proof or argument
axiomatictaken for granted