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Axiom

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Widely accepted saying
Unquestionable, Self-evident or statement or proposition which is regarded as being established, accepted, or self-evidently true.
“the axiom that sport builds character”

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Definitive

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Conclusive, ultimate,final

(of a conclusion or agreement) done or reached decisively and with authority.
“a definitive decision”

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Precept

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Principle,rule

a general rule intended to regulate behaviour or thought.
“the legal precept of being innocent until proven guilty”

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Varacity

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Truthfulness

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Verisimilitude

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State of being like the truth, similarity to reality

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Postulate

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Something accepted as truth without proof

a thing suggested or assumed as true as the basis for reasoning, discussion, or belief.
“perhaps the postulate of Babylonian influence on Greek astronomy is incorrect”

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Putative

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Commonly accepted (supposed ) as true

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Premise

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An assumption that is used as the basis for a conclusion

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