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)]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
taken for granted
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)]