He worked in his favorite maxim.
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Maxim
//ˈmæk.sɪm//
Synonyms for "maxim" (102 found)
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Related words (51)
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7 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesderived
5 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
16 entriesTranslations
38 translations across 24 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- حِكْمَة noun (moral precept)
Bulgarian
1 entries- сентенция noun (moral precept)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 座右銘 /座右铭 noun (moral precept)
- 格言 noun (moral precept)
- 箴言 noun (moral precept)
- 警句 noun (moral precept)
Czech
2 entries- maxim noun (moral precept)
- poučka noun (moral precept)
Danish
1 entries- maksime noun (moral precept)
Esperanto
1 entries- maksimo noun (moral precept)
Finnish
1 entries- maksiimi noun (moral precept)
French
1 entries- maxime noun (moral precept)
German
2 entries- Grundsatz noun (moral precept)
- Maxime noun (moral precept)
Italian
2 entries- massima noun (moral precept)
- principio noun (moral precept)
Japanese
1 entries- 格言 noun (moral precept)
Korean
1 entries- 격언 noun (moral precept)
Latin
2 entries- dictum noun (moral precept)
- ēlogium noun (moral precept)
Macedonian
2 entries- максима noun (moral precept)
- начело noun (moral precept)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- leveregel noun (moral precept)
- maksime noun (moral precept)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- leveregel noun (moral precept)
- maksime noun (moral precept)
Polish
1 entries- maksyma noun (moral precept)
Portuguese
1 entries- máxima noun (moral precept)
Romanian
2 entries- maxime noun (moral precept)
- maximă noun (moral precept)
Russian
3 entries- изрече́ние noun (moral precept)
- ма́ксима noun (moral precept)
- сенте́нция noun (moral precept)
Spanish
1 entries- máxima noun (moral precept)
Swedish
1 entries- maxim noun (moral precept)
Tagalog
1 entries- pananabi noun (moral precept)
Thai
1 entries- คติบท noun (moral precept)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
Advocates of capitalism are very apt to appeal to the sacred principles of liberty, which are embodied in one maxim: The fortunate must not be restrained in the exercise of tyranny over the unfortunate.
Source: tatoeba (411801)
Act only according to that maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law.
Source: tatoeba (417104)
There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty.
Source: tatoeba (908429)
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