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an idea or statement put forth and accepted as true by many people
The retired judge recounted the old legal axiom which states that justice and law are not always the same.
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Recent Examples of axiom
In time these theories seemed no longer mere theories but axioms, part of the given, as basic as the four humors had once seemed in any consideration of human health.
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Tom Wolfe, Harper's Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
Sports and music are both proof points and beneficiaries of this axiom.
—Dr. Marcus Collins, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Those who forget history, the old axiom posits, are doomed to repeat it.
—Ilan Berman, Foreign Affairs, 24 Apr. 2016
Whereas neoclassical economics presented itself as a universally applicable science based on certain fundamental axioms, Dobb emphasized history, class conflict, and imperialism.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2024
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Tom Wolfe, Harper's Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
Sports and music are both proof points and beneficiaries of this axiom.
—Dr. Marcus Collins, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Those who forget history, the old axiom posits, are doomed to repeat it.
—Ilan Berman, Foreign Affairs, 24 Apr. 2016
Whereas neoclassical economics presented itself as a universally applicable science based on certain fundamental axioms, Dobb emphasized history, class conflict, and imperialism.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for axiom
Noun
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But actually, Darwin’s theory is based on fitness to survive, which does not always mean big and strong.—
Jamie Lang,
Variety,
17 Feb. 2025
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For highly social animals like humans and other primates, the native opioid system may also play a role in social bonding, according to one influential theory.—
Moises Velasquez-Manoff Robert Petkoff Emma Kehlbeck Zak Mouton,
New York Times,
16 Feb. 2025
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Hesitation to let it in comes down to one of the principles of NATO's founding treaty – Article 5.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA TODAY,
15 Feb. 2025
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That’s the whole principle of the movie, is this 24/7 carer role and being in your 20s and trying to make space for yourself in the world.—
Ellise Shafer,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2025
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Last year, Disney’s DEI programs came under attack by Stephen Miller’s America First Legal foundation, which claimed that initiatives to boost diversity and inclusion violate civil rights laws and have tanked the entertainment giant’s value.—
Winston Cho,
The Hollywood Reporter,
11 Feb. 2025
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Likewise, Poland’s Law and Justice party weakened civil service laws by doing away with the competitive hiring process and filling the bureaucracy, the judiciary, and the military with partisan allies.—
STEVEN LEVITSKY,
Foreign Affairs,
11 Feb. 2025
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What Clarence Thomas Has Said on Obergefell Thomas, the court's most conservative judge, wrote in a dissenting opinion in Obergefell that the majority opinion stretched the doctrine of substantive due process rights found in the Fourteenth Amendment too far.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
3 Feb. 2025
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Christian doctrine teaches that at the end of time, God will restore each person’s body, reuniting it with their soul.—
Therese Cory,
The Conversation,
28 Jan. 2025
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“Axiom.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/axiom. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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