ipsedixit

ip·se dix·it (ĭpʹsē dĭkʹsĭt) n.

An unsupported assertion, usually by a person of standing; a dictum.

  [From Latin ipse dīxit, he himself said (it) : ipse, he himself + dīxit, third person sing. perfect tense of dīcere, to say.]

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