self-evidence en · NOUN
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 evidence English self-evidence From self- + evidence.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The quality of being self-evident.
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.
1689, John Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, IV. vii. 10:
Translations (10)
nl vanzelfsprekendheid (the quality of being self-evident) · de Selbstverständlichkeit (the quality of being self-evident) · nl duidelijkheid (the quality of being self-evident) · bg очеви́дност (the quality of being self-evident) · cmn 不言而喻 (the quality of being self-evident) · ro înțelegere de la sine (the quality of being self-evident) · ru очеви́дность (the quality of being self-evident) · it ovvietà (the quality of being self-evident) · fi itsestäänselvyys (the quality of being self-evident) · pl bycie zrozumiałym sam przez się (the quality of being self-evident)