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first truth

first truth noun: a statement that is not proved but rather supposed or held as obvious, forming together with other such statements the basis of a system of statements obtained from them by inference; an axiom.

Noun

first truth (plural first truths)

  1. A statement that is not proved but rather supposed or held as obvious, forming together with other such statements the basis of a system of statements obtained from them by inference; an axiom.
    • These are the principles also treated of, in a former work, under the name of First Truths. They are not, like our knowledge of the other kind, the result of any process either of investigation or of reasoning; and, for the possession of them, no man either depends upon his observation, or has...1836, John Abercrombie, Jacob Abbott, The Philosophy of the Moral Feelings

Forms of first truth

pluralfirst truths

Questions about first truth

What does first truth mean?
First truth means a statement that is not proved but rather supposed or held as obvious, forming together with other such statements the basis of a system of statements obtained from them by inference; an axiom.
What part of speech is first truth?
First truth is a noun.
What is the plural of first truth?
The plural of first truth is first truths.

Words near first truth in the dictionary

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  8. first unit
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