self-evident
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.97 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
- "Can we then find axioms as self-evident as those of Arithmetic, on which we can build as on a sure foundation, which could be shaken only by a scepticism which should attack the whole fabric of our knowledge?"
- "I guess I'm supposed to figure these things out Or maybe it's supposed to be self-evident"
- "Although the starting point of this article was the '70 years before all stations are made accessible' headline, it is self-evident that many of the requirements for disabled people will also make the railway a more welcoming place for families and the elderly."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *swé? Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *selbaz Old English self Old English self- Middle English self- English self- English evident English self-evident From self- + evident.