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self-evident Adjective so obvious that no proof or explanation is needed self-evidently adv
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self-evident adjective obvious, clear, undeniable, inescapable, written all over (something), cut-and-dried (informal) incontrovertible, axiomatic, manifestly or patently true Translations adj self-evident [selfˈevidənt] clear enough to need no proof It is self-evident that we need food to stay alive. vanselfsprekend بَديهي، واضِحٌ من ذاتِه очевиден samozřejmý oplagt selbstverständlich αυταπόδεικτος evidente, patente, obvio, manifiesto endastmõistetav واضح و مبرهن itsestään selvä qui va de soi מוּבָן מֵאֵלָיו स्वयंसिद्ध, स्वत: प्रमाण bjelodan, očit magától értetődő jelas sekali augljós ovvio 自明の 자명한 akivaizdus acīmredzams; pats par sevi saprotams jelas; nyata vanzelfsprekend innlysende, opplagt oczywisty por demais evidente evident очевидный samozrejmý samoumeven očigledan självklar, självfallen เห็นชัดอยู่ในตัว apaçık, besbelli 不言而喻的 самоочевидний; такий, що не потребує доказів بین، روشن hiển nhiên 不言而喻的 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The suggestion we are to examine is that such: beliefs have some recognizable quality which secures their truth, and the truth of whatever is deduced from them according to self-evident principles of inference. Why, he said, we think that you are lazy, and mean to cheat us out of a whole chapter which is a very important part of the story; and you fancy that we shall not notice your airy way of proceeding; as if it were self-evident to everybody, that in the matter of women and children `friends have all things in common. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness. |
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