axiomatizes
|ax-i-o-mat-ize-s|
/ˌæk.si.əˈmæt.aɪz/
(axiomatize)
make into an axiom / treat as self-evident
Etymology
'axiomatize' originates from Greek via New Latin/Modern Latin and English formation: from Greek 'axiōma' meaning 'that which is thought worthy or fit, a principle', with the productive English suffix '-ize' (from Greek/Latin) used to form verbs meaning 'make' or 'treat as'.
'axiōma' (Greek) entered Latin as 'axioma' and gave English 'axiom'; the verb was formed later in Modern English by adding the suffix '-ize' to the stem related to 'axiom', producing 'axiomatize' and then inflected forms such as 'axiomatizes'.
Initially, the root meant 'something regarded as fit or worthy' and then came to mean 'a self-evident principle' ('axiom'); over time the derived verb came to mean 'to make or state as axioms' or 'to reduce to axioms'.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Verb 1
third-person singular present tense of 'axiomatize'.
In his introduction, he axiomatizes the assumptions underlying the model.
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Verb 2
to formulate or present (a theory, system, or set of propositions) as a system of axioms; to make something axiomatic or to reduce it to axioms.
The paper axiomatizes the notion of fairness to clarify which principles follow from the core assumptions.
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