ipse dixit

1. 1.

   an unsupported dogmatic assertion

   Synonymsipsedixitism

   Broaderassertion

Questions about ipse dixit

What does ipse dixit mean?

ipse dixit means "an unsupported dogmatic assertion".

What is another word for ipse dixit?

Close synonyms include ipsedixitism. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ipse dixit a common word?

ipse dixit is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.