truism

tru·ism

noun \ˈtrü-ˌi-zəm\

: a true statement that is very commonly heard : a common statement that is obviously true

Full 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

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