truism
NounUS[troo-ih-zuhm]/ˈtruɪzəm/3 syllables
Open English WordNet
Noun (1)
- an obvious truthType of truth, true statementKinds platitude, cliche
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Tru′ism noun
Origin: From True.
An undoubted or self-evident truth; a statement which is pliantly true; a proposition needing no proof or argument; — opposed to falsism.
Trifling truisms clothed in great, swelling words.— John Pye Smith
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54