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Axiom (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

maxim

'axiom' is the definition.
(I know that axiom can be written as maxim)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for maxim that I've seen before include "Proverb, aphorism" , "Saying - inventor of machine gun" , "Pithy statement of a general truth" , "- Gorky, Russian writer" , "Principle-first machine gun" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror and the Evening Standard.
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