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'''Ipse dixit''' is a Latin phrase meaning, literally, "He himself said it." In legal parlance, it has come to refer to an unsupported statement or unproven assertion that rests solely on the authority of the speaker.,<ref>http://www.answers.com/topic/ipse-dixit</ref><ref>http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/ipse+dixit</ref>
'''Ipse dixit''' is a Latin phrase meaning, literally, "He himself said it." In legal parlance, it has come to refer to an unsupported statement or unproven assertion that rests solely on the authority of the speaker.<ref>http://www.answers.com/topic/ipse-dixit</ref><ref>http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/ipse+dixit</ref>
==Ipse dixit in Scientism==
In the case of [[scientism]] and its flag ship, [[evolutionism]], the authority of speaker and given unsupported statement or unproven assertion are [[Euphemism|euphemistically]] labeled as [[scientific community]] and [[scientific consensus]], respectively.
==See also==
==See also==
*[[Appeal to authority]]
*[[Appeal to authority]]
*[[Magister dixit]]
*[[Magister dixit]]
*[[Scientific consensus]]
== External links ==
== External links ==