self-evidence

English

Etymology

self- + evidence

Noun

self-evidence (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being self-evident.
    • 1689, John Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, IV. vii. 10:
      Any... man knows, that the whole is equal to all its parts, or any other maxim, and all from the same reason of self-evidence.

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