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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The truth is, however, that the squalid nature of this transaction was always self-evident.
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Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
Trust is intangible, yet self-evident—and best established in the kinds of face-to-face interactions that are unfortunately being de-prioritized across every industry.
—Koray Köse, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
The ingenuity of the listening device was self-evident.
—Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
Early troubles with Callas’s voice, even in the nineteen-fifties, are among the self-evident dramas of her life, but Larraín betrays no interest in this.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
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Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
Trust is intangible, yet self-evident—and best established in the kinds of face-to-face interactions that are unfortunately being de-prioritized across every industry.
—Koray Köse, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
The ingenuity of the listening device was self-evident.
—Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
Early troubles with Callas’s voice, even in the nineteen-fifties, are among the self-evident dramas of her life, but Larraín betrays no interest in this.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2024
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“Self-evident.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/self-evident. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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