TRUISM

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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)

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