self-evident

English

Etymology

self- +‎ evident

Adjective

self-evident (not comparable)

1. Obviously true, and requiring no proof, argument or explanation
   • 1776, United States Declaration of Independence:

     We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal...

   • 1999, Bertrand Russell, Charles R. Pigden, Russell on Ethics^[1]:

     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?

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:obvious

Related terms

• self-evidence

Translations

obviously true

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不言而喻 (cmn) (bùyán'éryù)

• Czech: samozřejmý (cs)
• Dutch: vanzelfsprekend (nl)
• Esperanto: memkomprenebla (eo)
• Finnish: itsestään selvä (fi)
• French: l'évidence même (fr)
• German: selbstverständlich (de)

• Greek: αυταπόδεικτος (el) (aftapodeiktos), αυτονόητος (el) (aftonoitos)
• Icelandic: sjálfgefinn (is) m
• Italian: autoevidente (it)
• Romanian: de la sine înțeles, de la sine evident
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: autoevidente (es), lógico (es), evidente (es)