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TRUISM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does truism mean?
• TRUISM (noun)
The noun TRUISM has 1 sense:
1. an obvious truth
Familiarity information: TRUISM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An obvious truth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("truism" is a kind of...):
true statement; truth (a true statement)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "truism"):
banality; bromide; cliche; commonplace; platitude (a trite or obvious remark)
Context examples
But when he challenged the truism I was speechless.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
Though, indeed, the vendor of a certain nostrum has vulgarised the truism to the very point of contempt. Isn't that true, doctor?
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
That it was intrinsically valuable was a truism I had never questioned.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
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