English-Polish translations for axiom

• aksjomat
  To jest podstawowy aksjomat, który każda strona konfliktu musi uznać za równie ważny, jeżeli w tym regionie ma kiedykolwiek zapanować prawdziwy pokój. This is the fundamental axiom which each party to the conflict must hold equally important, if there is ever to be true peace in that region.
  Właśnie dlatego jako sprawozdawczyni chciałam, aby podstawowy aksjomat tego sprawozdania stał się moralną oraz prawną odpowiedzialnością Europy wobec Irakijczyków. That is why, as rapporteur, I wanted the fundamental axiom of this report to be the moral and legal responsibility of Europe towards the Iraqi people.
• pewnik

Definition of axiom

• A seemingly self-evident or necessary truth which is based on assumption; a principle or proposition which cannot actually be proved or disproved
• A fundamental assumption that serves as a basis for deduction of theorems; a postulate (sometimes distinguished from postulates as being universally applicable, whereas postulates are particular to a certain science or context
• An established principle in some artistic practice or science that is universally received

Examples

• The axioms of political economy cannot be considered absolute truths

Related words

• axiomatic
• axiomatical
• axiomatically
• axioma
• axiomatization
• axiomatize
• axiomatise
• axiomatisable
• axiomatizable