APOPHTHEGM

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A short pithy instructive saying

Synonyms:

aphorism; apophthegm; apothegm

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("apophthegm" is a kind of...):

axiom; maxim (a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits)

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