Definitions from Wiktionary (ipse dixit)
▸ noun: (rhetoric) A dogmatic and unproved proposition or dictum that is accepted solely on the authority of someone who is known to have asserted it.
▸ noun: An authority who makes such an assertion.
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▸ noun: (rhetoric) A dogmatic and unproved proposition or dictum that is accepted solely on the authority of someone who is known to have asserted it.
▸ noun: An authority who makes such an assertion.
Similar:
ipsedixit,
apodictism,
apodict,
apodixis,
apodeixis,
argumentum ad dictionarium,
pseudostatement,
pseudodox,
cataphasis,
apodioxis,
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Adjectives:
propositional,
postulational,
given,
ad hoc,
corollary,
postulatory,
ascriptive,
a posteriori,
proof,
necessitative,
major
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