What is another word for self-evident fact?

Pronunciation: [sˈɛlfˈɛvɪdənt fˈakt] (IPA)

Self-evident fact refers to a truth that is unquestionable and apparent to anyone who observes it. Synonyms for self-evident fact include undeniable truth, plain truth, obvious truth, incontrovertible truth, bare truth, clear-cut truth, and self-explanatory truth. Other synonyms include manifest truth, unassailable truth, evident truth, and apparent truth. These terms imply that the truth is self-evident and cannot be challenged or refuted. Regardless of the wording used, the idea that some truths are universally accepted as being self-evident is a cornerstone of many belief systems and philosophies.

What are the hypernyms for Self-evident fact?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Famous quotes with Self-evident fact

  • Soldiers, by an agreement between General Ironhewer and me, the troops of the Army of Kentucky have surrendered. That we are beaten is a self-evident fact, and we cannot hope to resist the bomb that hangs over our head like the sword of Damocles. Richmond is fallen. The cause for which you have so long and manfully struggled, and for which you have braved dangers and made so many sacrifices, is today hopeless. Reason dictates and humanity demands that no more blood be shed here. It is your sad duty, and mine, to lay down our arms and to aid in restoring peace. As your commander, I sincerely hope that every officer and soldier will carry out in good faith all the terms of the surrender. War such as you have passed through naturally engenders feelings of animosity, hatred, and revenge. But in captivity and when you return home a manly, straightforward course of conduct will secure the respect even of your enemies. In bidding you farewell, rest assured that you carry with you my best wishes for your future welfare and happiness. I have never sent you where I was unwilling to go myself, nor would I advise you to a course I felt myself unwilling to pursue. You have been good soldiers. Preserve your honor, and the government to which you have surrendered can afford to me and, I hope, will be magnanimous."
    Harry Turtledove
  • For those who live inside a myth, it seems a self-evident fact. Human progress is a fact of this kind. If you accept it you have a place in the grand march of humanity. Humankind is, of course, not marching anywhere. ‘Humanity’ is a fiction composed from billions of individuals for each of whom life is singular and final. But the myth of progress is extremely potent. When it loses its power those who have lived by it are – as Conrad put it, describing Kayerts and Carlier – ‘like those lifelong prisoners who, liberated after many years, do not know what use to make of their freedoms’. When faith in the future is taken from them, so is the image they have of themselves. If they then opt for death, it is because without that faith they can no longer make sense of living.
    John Gray (philosopher)

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