Both Uses of
axiom
in
Washington Square
- It seemed to Catherine that if she were his sister she would disprove this axiom.†
Chpt 5 *
- It came to Catherine with the force—or rather with the vague impressiveness—of a logical axiom which it was not in her province to controvert; and yet, though it was a scientific truth, she felt wholly unable to accept it.†
Chpt 18
Definition:
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(axiom) something assumed to be self-evident