maxim
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5.5
- noun
- /ˈmæksɪm/
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máxima
- So he says, how would things stand if my maxim became a universal law?
- pragmatic maxim
- an old maxim
You know, so she she says Descartes famous maxim Kojito ergo sum.
- You know, so she she says Descartes famous maxim Kojito ergo sum.
- And that's a good maxim for communication.
- That is a, a maxim of prudence.
- For all the countless times that I've heard this excruciating maxim, I still don't get what it means.
- The no restitution rule helps support the maxim of there being no honor among thieves.
- When Business Week's cover says buy became a Wall Street maxim.
- In one of the chapters, I talk about the the old maxim of everything in moderation, right?
- Never act except in such a way that I can also will that my ACT maxim should become a universal law.
- It's a challenge to let everyone go away with something that they can think of or continue to kind of rely on as a maxim or just a concept.
- And it it's in Johannes Tobias, if I remember rightly, in the list of maxims that come from the Delphic Oracle.
- And curious to note are, are there like a few sort of maxims that you consider like I build my, my thought process or my life on top of these ideas?
Examples
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You ever heard that maxim that says there are three rules for writing?
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A favorite maxim of Smiles is that what one man has done, others can do.
Academic text (1993) -
So let's think about what the maxim could be in a case like that.
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The maxim of the law is "Silence gives consent."
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Now to make things easy for you in the exams, I am going to give you a little memory maxim.
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Has he forgotten the simple maxim that prevention is cheaper and better than cure?
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There is an old maxim that warns of the cure being worse than the disease.
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Does my right honourable friend still subscribe to her excellent maxim that no deal is better than a bad deal?
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So I have always been fascinated by a little maxim of Gurdjieff's: "Work as if everything depends on work."
Academic text (1993) -
The old maxim, "Honesty is the best policy," is a principle many people live by.
Synonyms
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1.7
A short well-known phrase that gives advice or a general truth
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3.0
A short phrase that shows a person or group's main belief
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3.9
A short well-known saying that gives advice or a general truth
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4.2
A well-known short saying that gives advice or shows a general truth
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7.5
A basic statement accepted as true and used as a starting point for reasoning
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9.9
A short, wise saying that tells a general truth
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7.4
A short, clever saying that shows a general truth
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8.1
A formal statement by a leader or expert that guides others
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6.4
A short memorable saying that gives common advice
Compounds
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Etymology
The word maxim comes from the Latin root maxim- meaning 'greatest', and it shares the same root as maximum. So a maxim is like a short, strong saying that gives an important or 'big' rule to live by.