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- Dictionarytruism/ˈtruːɪz(ə)m/
noun
- 1. a statement that is obviously true and says nothing new or interesting: "the truism that you get what you pay for"
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TRUISM definition: 1. a statement that is so obviously true that it is almost not worth saying: 2. a statement that…. Learn more.
: an undoubted or self-evident truth. especially : one too obvious for mention. truistic. trü-ˈi-stik. adjective. Synonyms. banality. bromide. chestnut. cliché. cliche. commonplace. groaner. homily. platitude. shibboleth. trope. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of truism in a Sentence.
Truism stands for a certain kind of truth—a cliché, a platitude, something so self-evident that it is hardly worth mentioning. One can use it to accuse another writer or speaker of saying something so obvious or evident and trite that pointing it out is pointless.
TRUISM meaning: 1. a statement that is so obviously true that it is almost not worth saying: 2. a statement that…. Learn more.
Here's a truism for you: Only people who look up words they don't know can expand their vocabularies. Did you find that statement obvious, boring, and saying nothing new or interesting? That's the perfect description of a truism. Sometimes truisms can be mistaken for factual statements.
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, and is the opposite of falsism. In philosophy, a sentence which asserts incomplete truth conditions for a proposition may be regarded as a truism.
A truism is an obvious statement that, although true, provides no helpful or interesting insights. Truisms are often used to express common wisdom, but they are so self-evident and undeniable that they can be considered unnecessary.
