truism
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truism
- /tɹuːizəm/
noun truisms · trueism
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A self-evident or obvious truth.
It is a truism that the site of stations is conditioned by history and geography, but Dover Marine especially owes its fascinating and unusual layout to these two factors.
Similar: lapalissade, platitude
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A banality or cliché.
After a little decent sorrow had been put forth for the late "severe affliction," joined with some weariful truisms about resignation to the will of Providence, the rest of the epistle was filled up with reproofs about her ladyship's extraordinary and improper conduct in setting off without his cons
Similar: platitude, byword, saying, adage, saw, proverb, maxim, apothegm, apophthegm, dictum, gnome, gnomic saying
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noun self-evident or obvious truth
| Español | perogrullada, verdad de Perogrullo, grullada, truismo |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 自明の理 jimei no ri |
| 中文 | 陳詞濫調 /陈词滥调 chéncílàndiào |
| Português | truísmo |
| Français | lapalissade, truisme |
| Deutsch | Binsenwahrheit, Binsenweisheit, Gemeinplatz, Truismus, Binse, Allgemeinplatz |
| Italiano | ovvietà, tautologia |
| Ελληνικά | κοινοτυπία koinotypía |
| Română | truism |
| Русский | труи́зм truízm, трюи́зм trjuízm, прописна́я и́стина propisnája ístina, ляпалиссиа́да ljapalissiáda |
noun banality or cliché
| Español | lugar común, tópico |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Banalität, Klischee, Floskel, Plattitüde, Gemeinplatz, Allgemeinplatz |
| Italiano | banalità, clichè, luogo comune, tautologia |
| Ελληνικά | κοινοτυπία koinotypía |
| Română | banalitate |
| Русский | бана́льность banálʹnostʹ, клише́ klišé |
Talk about this word "truism." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/truism. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. truism. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/truism "truism." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/truism.Cite this
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title = {truism},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/truism},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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