self-evident Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite evident without proof or argument
    taken for granted; axiomatic.
    • an axiomatic truth
    • we hold these truths to be self-evident

WordNet

Self`-ev"i*dent adjective
Definitions
  1. Evident without proof or reasoning; producing certainty or conviction upon a bare presentation to the mind; as, a self-evident proposition or truth. -- Self`-ev"i*dent*ly, adv.

Webster 1913