ipse dixit

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˌɪpseɪ ˈdɪksɪt/|/ˌɪpsiː ˈdɪksɪt/    美 /ˌɪpsi ˈdɪksɪt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A dogmatic and unproved proposition or dictum that is accepted solely on the authority of someone who is known to have asserted it. countable,rhetoric,uncountable
    — 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; […]
  2. An authority who makes such an assertion. countable,uncountable

词形变化

ipse dixits plural

词汇关系

反义词
ad hominem argumentum ad hominem
衍生词
ipsedixitism ipsedixitist

词源

Borrowed from Latin ipse dīxit (“he himself said it”), calque of Ancient Greek αὐτὸς ἔφα (autòs épha).
Originally used by the followers of Pythagoreanism, who claimed this or that proposition to be uttered by Pythagoras himself. Extended during the Middle Ages to the statements of Aristotle, and more famously used in such contexts.
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