axiomatic

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Vector spaces lend themselves to two opposite approaches: axiomatic or abstract, and synthetic or concrete.

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  1. adjective Of, relating to, or resembling an axiom; self-evident: "It's axiomatic in politics that voters won't throw out a presidential incumbent unless they think his challenger will clean house” (Peter Grier).

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  • The special part played in the society by Huxley was to show that many of the axioms of current speculation are far from being axiomatic, and that dogmatic assertion on some of the cardinal points of metaphysic is unwarranted by the evidence of fact. —  The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley
  • And it is axiomatic -- the way in is the way out or, more simply, buddy, that's a two-way street. —  Delta Search
  • Vector spaces lend themselves to two opposite approaches: axiomatic or abstract, and synthetic or concrete. —  Algebra
  • He forcefully shows the difference between the late nineteenth century arithmetization of analysis and the early twentieth century axiomatic-algebraic approach. —  Mathematical Style
  • The distinguishing characteristic of such tribal mentality is: the axiomatic, the almost -instinctive" view of human life as the fodder, fuel or means for any public project. —  The Virtue of Selfishness
 

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  1. from Greek ἀξιωματικός, from ἀξίωμα(τ-), an axiom: see axiom.
 

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