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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
axiomatic
 
SYLLABICATION:ax·i·o·mat·ic
PRONUNCIATION:  ks--mtk
VARIANT FORMS: also ax·i·o·mat·i·cal (--kl)
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, Christian Science Monitor August 16. 1996).
OTHER FORMS:axi·o·mati·cal·ly —ADVERB
 
 
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