self-evidence
English
Noun
self-evidence (uncountable)
- The quality of being self-evident.
- 1689: John Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, IV. vii. 10.
- Any... man knows, that the whole is equal to all its parts, or any other maxim, and all from the same reason of self-evidence.
- 1689: John Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, IV. vii. 10.
Translations
the quality of being self-evident
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References
- self-evidence in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
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