"ipse dixit" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌɪpseɪ ˈdɪksɪt/ [UK], /ˌɪpsiː ˈdɪksɪt/ [UK], /ˌɪpsi ˈdɪksɪt/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-ipse dixit.wav [US] Forms: ipse dixits [plural]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|ipse dīxit||he himself said it}} Latin ipse dīxit (“he himself said it”), {{calque|en|grc|αὐτὸς ἔφα|nocap=1}} calque of Ancient Greek αὐτὸς ἔφα (autòs épha), {{l|en|Pythagoreanism}} Pythagoreanism, {{l|en|Pythagoras}} Pythagoras, {{l|en|Aristotle}} Aristotle Head templates: {{en-noun|nolinkhead=1}} ipse dixit (plural ipse dixits)
  1. (rhetoric) A dogmatic and unproved proposition or dictum that is accepted solely on the authority of someone who is known to have asserted it. Tags: rhetoric Categories (topical): Logical fallacies
    Sense id: en-ipse_dixit-en-noun-~vNFS-0M
  2. An authority who makes such an assertion. Synonyms (unproved dogmatic assertion): ad verecundiam, appeal to authority, ipsedixitism
    Sense id: en-ipse_dixit-en-noun-20zcQTXp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of 'unproved dogmatic assertion': 41 59

Phrase [Latin]

IPA: /ˈip.se ˈdiːk.sit/ [Classical], [ˈɪps̠ɛ ˈd̪iːks̠ɪt̪] [Classical], /ˈip.se ˈdik.sit/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈipse ˈd̪iksit̪] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) Forms: ipse dīxit [canonical]
Etymology: Calque of Ancient Greek αὐτὸς ἔφα (autòs épha, “he himself said it”), originally used by Pythagoreans. Etymology templates: {{calque|la|grc|αὐτὸς ἔφα|t=he himself said it}} Calque of Ancient Greek αὐτὸς ἔφα (autòs épha, “he himself said it”) Head templates: {{head|la|phrase|head=ipse dīxit}} ipse dīxit
  1. (rhetoric, chiefly Medieval Latin) Used after a statement claimed to be by Aristotle, whose absolute authority made it incontestable. Wikipedia link: la:ipse dixit Tags: Medieval-Latin, rhetoric Categories (topical): Logical fallacies
    Sense id: en-ipse_dixit-la-phrase-kJRXDO2C Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Medieval Latin

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