English-Spanish translations for axiom

• axioma
  Este es el axioma fundamental al que cada una de las partes implicadas en el conflicto debe conceder importancia si queremos que algún día reine verdaderamente la paz en la región. 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.
  Hay que reafirmar, pues, el axioma de que estamos en una economía de mercado, no en una sociedad de mercado. There is therefore a need to reaffirm the axiom that we are in a market economy, not a market society.
  Por esa razón, como ponente, quería que el principal axioma de este informe fuera la responsabilidad moral y jurídica de Europa hacia el pueblo iraquí. 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.

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

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• axiomatical
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• axiomatizable