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

1. <ended his letter with the overused truism, “You can't win them all!”>

First Known Use of TRUISM

1708

Related to TRUISM

Synonyms: banality, bromide, chestnut, cliché (also cliche), groaner, homily, platitude, shibboleth, trope, commonplace

Related Words: conventional wisdom, party line, routine; inanity; generality, generalization, simplification; adage, proverb, saw, saying; old wives' tale, stereotype

Near Antonyms: profundity

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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