English-Italian translations for axiom

• assioma
  Per loro, e per me naturalmente, questo è un assioma. To them, as to me of course, it is axiomatic.
  Questo è l'assioma fondamentale che ogni parte coinvolta nel conflitto dovrebbe ritenere parimenti importante, se mai dovrà esistere una vera pace nella regione. 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.
  Pertanto è necessario riaffermare l’assioma che viviamo in un’economia di mercato e non in una società di mercato. There is therefore a need to reaffirm the axiom that we are in a market economy, not a market society.

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