Truism

Synonyms for "truism" (62 found)

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Strong matches (18)

commonplacedictatedictumformulageneral ideageneralizationgeneralized propositionglittering generalitygnomegolden rulegospelhackneyed expressionlawlieu communlocus communismaxim

Related words (31)

moralplatitudepostulateprincipiumprinciplepropositionprosaicismprosaismrubber stamprulesayingself-evident truthsettled principleshibbolethsweeping statementtagtheoremtired clichetruthuniversal truth
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Adjective(4 words)
most commonplacepropositional tautologytrue statementwell worn refrain
Noun(5 words)
platitudeplatitudesproverbself evident truthtrite saying

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axiomclichémaximplatitudeproverbtrite saying

Collocations

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clichecommonplace statementobvious truthovergeneralizationplatitudeself evident truth

Inflections

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Sample sentences

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

To say that technology changes rapidly is to utter a truism.

Source: tatoeba (512558)

That's a truism.

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It is a truism that the people who attend a rally for President Trump more than two years before he’s on the ballot again are generally strong supporters of President Trump.

Source: wiktionary

The phrase If something exists, there is porn of it used to be a clever internet meme; now it’s a truism.

Source: wiktionary

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