ipse dixit

noun

Definition of ipse dixitnext
as in given

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  1. given
  2. premise
  3. presumption
  4. dictum
  5. postulate
  6. doctrine
  7. hypothetical
  8. assumption
Noun
  • Schedule flexibility, reliable childcare, predictable transportation—these are treated as givens in how jobs are designed.
    — Caroline Fairchild, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Where the show’s values were once givens, almost diorama labels, now they’re presented as more fugitive and unstable, what its characters would hope the world to be.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2025
Definition of given
Noun
  • Surveillance cameras were also placed on the team floors of the hotel, as well as in the lobby and meeting rooms, and local media were only permitted in the team hotel for official press events, while fans were barred from the premises altogether.
    — Adam Crafton, New York Times, 4 July 2026
  • Ensure your home is securely locked when vacating the premises.
    — NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 4 July 2026
Definition of premise
Noun
  • Glazer reminded him of the presumption of innocence and told him not to discuss what happened during his arrest, only to speak privately with his attorney.
    — Ana Maria Soler, CBS News, 2 July 2026
  • For many years, there was the presumption that content and pipeline/distribution companies should never come together, a lesson well borne out by history.
    — Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 30 June 2026
Definition of presumption
Noun
  • That dictum applies beyond the theater.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 18 June 2026
  • Safe and familiar as that trajectory might be in a post-#GirlBoss rom-com, Goldstein and Joe Kelly’s script adds a little spice into the mix by questioning the dictums of today’s office culture.
    — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 4 June 2026
Definition of dictum
Noun
  • Not really Dagmar Bruss, professor and Head of the Quantum Information Theory group at HHU, and her doctoral researcher, Pedro Barrios Hita, conducted a new analysis of the postulates used in the 2021 paper and found one to be too restrictive.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 22 June 2026
  • Euclid’s postulates for geometry; various schemes for standardizing arithmetic.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 29 Apr. 2026
Definition of postulate
Noun
  • Questioning, if not rejecting, established Christian doctrine, Ahab also comes to regard Moby Dick as the outward and visible sign, the physical embodiment of the indifference or, worse, utter malignity inherent in the universe.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 July 2026
  • Deployment and engagement decisions, however, will remain under human control and within existing doctrine and legal frameworks.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 6 July 2026
Definition of doctrine
Noun
  • With that in mind, let’s run through some of those hypotheticals that Zito will be facing — and has been facing — as free agency looms.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 28 June 2026
  • And in desperate times, people don’t tend to think in hypotheticals or a decade out.
    — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 24 June 2026
Definition of hypothetical
Noun
  • Here is a brief overview and judgement calls of several garden insects that challenge our assumptions about who belongs in which column.
    — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 July 2026
  • As with any heat metric, calculating the heat index involves making some assumptions about the person and the conditions around them.
    — Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 3 July 2026
Definition of assumption
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