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self-evident

self-evident adjective: obviously true, and requiring no proof, argument or explanation, axiomatic.

Adjective

self-evident (not comparable)

  1. Obviously true, and requiring no proof, argument or explanation, axiomatic.
    • We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.1776, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, The unanimous declaration of the thirteen United States of America
    • Who were these people who took refuge behind a few honoured but misguided names? What right had they to expect serious men of science to suspend their labours in order to waste time in examining their wild surmises? Some things were self-evident and did not require proof.1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019

self-evident meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada

self-evident in Hindi

obviously true
आत्मसिद्ध ātmasiddh

self-evident in Tamil

தானே விளங்குகின்ற, விளக்கம் தேவையில்லாத

self-evident in Malayalam

plain, obvious, clear
സ്വയം പ്രത്യക്ഷമായ, സ്വതഃസിദ്ധമായ, സ്വയം വെളിവാകുന്ന, പ്രഖ്യ, സ്പഷ്ടമായ, അഗൂഢ

self-evident in Kannada

ಸ್ವಯಂಸಿದ್ಧ, ಸ್ವತಃಸಿದ್ಧ, ಸ್ವಯಂವ್ಯಕ್ತ, ತಿಳಿಯಾದ, ತಾನೇ ತಿಳಿಸುವ

Origin of self-evident

From self- + evident.

Words formed from self-evident

Questions about self-evident

What does self-evident mean?
Self-evident means obviously true, and requiring no proof, argument or explanation, axiomatic.
What is self-evident in Hindi?
Self-evident in Hindi is आत्मसिद्ध (ātmasiddh). See Self-evident meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is self-evident?
Self-evident is an adjective.

Words near self-evident in the dictionary

  1. self-evaluating
  2. self-evaluation
  3. self-evaluations
  4. self-evidence
  5. self-evidency
  6. self-evident
  7. self-evidently
  8. self-evolution
  9. self-exaltation
  10. self-exalting
  11. self-exaltings

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: self-evident (page history and authors); self-evident (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); self-evident (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); self-evident (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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