truism
tru·ism
noun \ˈtrü-ˌi-zəm\Definition of TRUISM
: an undoubted or self-evident truth; especially : one too obvious for mention
— tru·is·tic \trü-ˈis-tik\ adjective
Examples of TRUISM
- <ended his letter with the overused truism, “You can't win them all!”>
First Known Use of TRUISM
1708
Related to TRUISM
Related Words: conventional wisdom, party line, routine; inanity; generality, generalization, simplification; adage, proverb, saw, saying; old wives' tale, stereotype
Near Antonyms: profundity
Rhymes with TRUISM
abysm, ageism, autism, baalism, baptism, Birchism, bossism, bruxism, Buddhism, casteism, centrism, charism, Chartism, classism, cubism, cultism, czarism, deism, dwarfism, faddism, fauvism, Gaullism, Grecism, Hobbism, holism, Jainism, Klanism, leftism, lyrism, Mahdism, Maoism, Marxism, monism, mutism, Nazism, nudism, Orphism, priggism, purism, Ramism, rightism, sadism, Saivism, sapphism, Scotism, sexism, Shaktism, Shiism, Sikhism, simplism, snobbism, sophism, statism, Sufism, tachism, Tantrism, Taoism, theism, Thomism, tourism, tropism, Turkism, verism, Whiggism, Yahwism
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