ipse dixit
ipse dixit · ipse dixits
A dogmatic and unproved proposition or dictum that is accepted solely on the authority…A dogmatic and unproved proposition or dictum that is accepted solely on the authority of someone who is known to have asserted it.
UK/ˌɪpseɪ ˈdɪksɪt/US/ˌɪpsi ˈdɪksɪt/
Meaning
2 senses(countable, rhetoric, uncountable)A dogmatic and unproved proposition or dictum that is accepted solely on the authority of someone who is known to have asserted it.
(countable, uncountable)An authority who makes such an assertion.
More definitions
- an unsupported dogmatic assertion
Origin
Borrowed from Latin ipse dīxit (“he himself said it”), calque of Ancient Greek αὐτὸς ἔφα (Borrowed from Latin ipse dīxit (“he himself said it”), calque of Ancient Greek αὐτὸς ἔφα (autòs épha).
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Forms
plural: ipse dixits| Singular | ipse dixit |
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Synonyms
3 synonymsunproved dogmatic assertion:ad verecundiamappeal to authorityipsedixitism
Close in meaning
- an unsupported dogmatic assertion:ipsedixitism
Antonyms
2 antonymsunproved dogmatic assertion:ad hominemargumentum ad hominem
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable