Truism — Tru ism, n. [From {True}.] An undoubted or self evident truth; a statement which is pliantly true; a proposition needing no proof or argument; opposed to falsism. [1913 Webster] Trifling truisms clothed in great, swelling words. J. P. Smith.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
truism — index platitude, postulate, principle (axiom) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
truism — 1708, from TRUE (Cf. true) + ISM (Cf. ism); first attested in Swift … Etymology dictionary
truism — *commonplace, platitude, bromide, cliché Analogous words: triteness, threadbareness (see corresponding adjectives at TRITE): banality, jejuneness, inanity (see corresponding adjectives at INSIPID) … New Dictionary of Synonyms
truism — ► NOUN ▪ a statement that is obviously true and says nothing new or interesting … English terms dictionary
truism — [tro͞o′iz΄əm] n. a statement the truth of which is obvious or well known; commonplace SYN. PLATITUDE truistic adj … English World dictionary
Truism — A truism is a claim that is so obvious or self evident as to be hardly worth mentioning, except as a reminder or as a rhetorical or literary device.In logic, a proposition may be a truism even if it is not a tautology, a restatement of a… … Wikipedia
truism — [[t]tru͟ːɪzəm[/t]] truisms N COUNT A truism is a statement that is generally accepted as obviously true and is repeated so often that it has become boring. Orpington seems an example of the truism that nothing succeeds like success... Whilst this … English dictionary
truism — UK [ˈtruːɪz(ə)m] / US [ˈtruˌɪzəm] noun [countable] Word forms truism : singular truism plural truisms a statement that does not really need to be made because everyone already knows it is true … English dictionary
truism — noun Date: 1708 an undoubted or self evident truth; especially one too obvious for mention • truistic adjective … New Collegiate Dictionary
