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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. evident without proof or argument;
- Example: "an axiomatic truth"
- Example: "we hold these truths to be self-evident"
[syn: axiomatic, self-evident, taken for granted(p)]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Self-evident \Self`-ev"i*dent\, a.
   Evident without proof or reasoning; producing certainty or
   conviction upon a bare presentation to the mind; as, a
   self-evident proposition or truth. -- Self`-ev"i*dent*ly,
   adv.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

self-evident
    adj 1: evident without proof or argument; "an axiomatic truth";
           "we hold these truths to be self-evident" [syn:
           axiomatic, self-evident, taken for granted(p)]


The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906):

SELF-EVIDENT, adj.  Evident to one's self and to nobody else.