self-evident
adjective
self-ev·i·dent
ˌself-ˈe-və-dənt 
-ˌdent
: evident without proof or reasoning
self-evidently
adverb
Examples of self-evident in a Sentence
the self-evident truth that all people have the right of self-determination
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Why Companies Split The downsides to the businesses themselves, as well as their domestic economies, can be self-evident.
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Radu Magdin, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
Its topical value is self-evident: Few things are more directly relevant to this moment than matters of privacy and its erosion, and Igo’s excavations of the past expose the concerns of our present.
—The Atlantic, 15 May 2025
The self-evident confirms; literature challenges the confirmed.
—Karl Ove Knausgaard, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
And the sponsorship part of the argument is even more self-evident when projects are approved without a business case.
—Barry Cousins, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
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Radu Magdin, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
Its topical value is self-evident: Few things are more directly relevant to this moment than matters of privacy and its erosion, and Igo’s excavations of the past expose the concerns of our present.
—The Atlantic, 15 May 2025
The self-evident confirms; literature challenges the confirmed.
—Karl Ove Knausgaard, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025
And the sponsorship part of the argument is even more self-evident when projects are approved without a business case.
—Barry Cousins, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for self-evident
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“Self-evident.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-evident. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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