ipse dixit

English - Turkish

Definition of ipse dixit in English Turkish dictionary

(isim) buyurdu

{i} buyurdu

buyruk

amirane söz

Related Terms

ipsedixit

Kendisi söyledi" bir delile dayanmayan söz veya ifade

English - English

Definition of ipse dixit in English English dictionary

An unproved proposition that is accepted solely on the authority of someone who is known to have asserted it; a dogmatic statement; a dictum

To avoid, therefore, all imputation of laying down a rule for posterity, founded only on the authority of ipse dixit—for which, to say the truth, we have not the profoundest veneration.

An authority who makes such an assertion

he himself said it; an unsupported statement

(lat ) he said it himself

(Latin) A mere assertion, wholly unsupported We say it is "your ipse dixit, " "his ipse dixit," "their ipse dixit," and so on

{i} (Latin) baseless allegation, something that is alleged without proof

an unsupported dogmatic assertion

(Latin) A mere assertion, wholly unsupported We say it is "your ipse dixit, " "his ipse dixit, " "their ipse dixit, " and so on

Hyphenation

ipse dix·it

Etymology

() From Latin; literally "he himself said it", ipse (“himself”) dīxit (“he said”), third-person singular perfect active of dīcō (“say, speak”). Translation of Ancient Greek αὐτὸς ἔφα. Originally used by the followers of Pythagoreanism, who claimed this or that proposition to be uttered by Pythagoras himself.