HyperDic: ipse_dixit

English > 1 sense of the expression ipse dixit:
NOUNcommunicationipse dixit, ipsedixitisman unsupported dogmatic assertion
English > ipse dixit: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
MeaningAn unsupported dogmatic assertion.
Synonymipsedixitism
Broaderassertion, averment, asseverationA declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary)
Spanishalegación falsa, ipse dixit, retórica infundada
Catalanipse dixit

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