truism
noun
tru·ism
ˈtrü-ˌi-zəm 
: an undoubted or self-evident truth
especially
: one too obvious for mention
To understand the present, we need to know about the past—a truism that is all too often forgotten. —
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ended his letter with the overused truism, “You can't win them all!”
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But the movie’s soft-hearted underbelly fails to support that reading, and by the time the story finally arrives at its final moments, the unsparing cynicism that supplied its initial lift has been dragged back down to Earth by the weight of bland truisms.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 15 Oct. 2025
One ironclad truism about sports is that all streaks eventually come to an end.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2025
Vance and Miller spoke as if this were a truism.
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David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 15 Oct. 2025
One ironclad truism about sports is that all streaks eventually come to an end.
—Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2025
Vance and Miller spoke as if this were a truism.
—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2025
That truism apparently extends to Switch modders as well, at least in the case of Ryan Daly.
—Kyle Orland, ArsTechnica, 9 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for truism
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“Truism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/truism. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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truism
noun
tru·ism
ˈtrü-ˌiz-əm
: an obvious truth
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