accepted fact

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Roget 496: maxim, aphorism; apothegm, apophthegm^†; dictum, saying, adage, saw, proverb; sentence, mot [Fr.], motto, word, byword, moral, phylactery, protasis^†.    axiom, theorem, scholium^†, truism, postulate.    first principles, a priori fact, assumption (supposition) 514.    reflection etc. (idea) 453; conclusion etc. (judgment) 480; golden rule etc. (precept) 697; principle, principia [Lat.]; profession of faith etc. (belief) 484; settled principle, accepted principle, formula.    accepted fact.    received truth, wise maxim, sage maxim, received maxim, admitted maxim, recognized maxim &c.; true saying, common saying, hackneyed saying, trite saying, commonplace saying etc. ... meer laten zien

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