truism
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5.7
- noun
- /ˈtruːɪzəm/
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obviedad
- The statement that practice makes perfect is a well-known truism.
- become a truism
- now a truism
- accepted as a truism
And I, I think if I just unpacked it, you know, you'd see the truisms that you've just, you've just exposed for us.
- And I, I think if I just unpacked it, you know, you'd see the truisms that you've just, you've just exposed for us.
- You know, you're like, this is some kind of great like truism that fell into you from like on high.
- This this sort of, you know, truism of death being the inspiration of philosophers.
- All you can do is is someone planted in my mind very early on, this wonderful truism called fortune favors the prepared mind.
- Inclusive narratives of freedom affirm the truism that one cannot be free in an unfree environment where others are unfree.
- Now this is a fundamental truism of our money system as it exists in in this country, in Europe and the US, in Australia and most of the rich world.
- Does seem to be fundamental truism of gravity.
- Because fundamentally we can ask the question or or come back to this truism.
- If you look historically, people go, is this truism?
Examples
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"In politics, timing is everything" is a truism that was never more true than right now.
Blog text (26) -
We begin with the truism that the consequences of an intervention cannot be known without systematic evaluation.
Academic text (2008) -
I guess "too much of a good thing" is one truism that never dies.
Fiction book (1991) -
That it is a truism of law that justice too long delayed is justice denied.
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In the developed world, it's a truism that we don't notice electricity until the lights go out.
Academic text (2001) -
Likewise, it is a timeless truism of justice that victims of crime are entitled to appropriate forms of redress.
Academic text (1998) -
At the onset, we took note of several truisms that capture key conceptual as well as methodological challenges.
Academic text (2002) -
Inclusive narratives of freedom affirm the truism that one cannot be free in an unfree environment where others are unfree.
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It is a truism that hard work often leads to success.
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Many people accept the truism that honesty is the best policy.
Synonyms
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7.7
A remark used so often that it sounds dull and gives no new idea
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5.7
A clear fact that needs no proof or explanation
A joking name for a very obvious comment or fact
Antonyms
How Obvious
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Morphology
Etymology
Truism is made from the simple word true and the ending -ism, so it names something that is plainly 'true'. So a truism is a statement that is so obvious it is hardly worth saying.