Word Meanings - TRUISM - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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. J. P. Smith.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of TRUISM)

• Axiom
• aphorism
• truism
• apophthegm
• maxim
• Platitude
• Commonplace
• generality
• triviality

Related words: (words related to TRUISM)

• APOPHTHEGM
  See APOTHEGM
• TRUISM
  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. J. P. Smith.
• MAXIMIZATION
  The act or process of increasing to the highest degree. Bentham.
• MAXIMIZE
  To increase to the highest degree. Bentham.
• GENERALITY
  1. The state of being general; the quality of including species or particulars. Hooker. 2. That which is general; that which lacks specificalness, practicalness, or application; a general or vague statement or phrase. Let us descend from
• TRUISMATIC
  Of or pertaining to truisms; consisting of truisms.
• APHORISMER
  A dealer in aphorisms. Milton.
• MAXIM GUN
  A kind of machine gun; -- named after its inventor, Hiram S. Maxim.
• TRIVIALITY
  1. The quality or state of being trivial; trivialness. 2. That which is trivial; a trifle. The philosophy of our times does not expend itself in furious discussions on mere scholastic trivialities. Lyon Playfair.
• COMMONPLACE
  Common; ordinary; trite; as, a commonplace person, or observation.
• APHORISMATIC; APHORISMIC
  Pertaining to aphorisms, or having the form of an aphorism.
• AXIOM
  A self-evident and necessary truth, or a proposition whose truth is so evident as first sight that no reasoning or demonstration can make it plainer; a proposition which it is necessary to take for granted; as, "The whole is greater than a part;"
• MAXIMILIAN
  A gold coin of Bavaria, of the value of about 13s. 6d. sterling, or about three dollars and a quarter.
• COMMONPLACENESS
  The quality of being commonplace; commonness.
• AXIOMATICALLY
  By the use of axioms; in the form of an axiom.
• MAXIMUM
  The greatest quantity or value attainable in a given case; or, the greatest value attained by a quantity which first increases and then begins to decrease; the highest point or degree; -- opposed to Ant: minimum. Good legislation is the
• APHORISM
  A comprehensive maxim or principle expressed in a few words; a sharply defined sentence relating to abstract truth rather than to practical matters. The first aphorism of Hippocrates is, "Life is short, and the art is long." Fleming. Syn. -- Axiom;
• MAXIM
  The longest note formerly used, equal to two longs, or four breves; a large. Syn. -- Axiom; aphorism; apothegm; adage; proverb; saying. See Axiom. (more info) sentence, proposition, or axiom, i. e., of the greatest weight or authority, fem. fr.
• PLATITUDE
  1. The quality or state of being flat, thin, or insipid; flat commonness; triteness; staleness of ideas of language. To hammer one golden grain of wit into a sheet of infinite platitude. Motley. 2. A thought or remark which is flat, dull, trite,
• APOPHTHEGMATIC; APOPHTHEGMATICAL
  See APOTHEGMATIC
• APOTHEGM; APOPHTHEGM
  A short, pithy, and instructive saying; a terse remark, conveying some important truth; a sententious precept or maxim. Note:
• VICKERS-MAXIM AUTOMATIC MACHINE GUN
  An automatic machine gun in which the mechanism is worked by the recoil, assisted by the pressure of gases from the muzzle, which expand in a gas chamber against a disk attached to the end of the barrel, thus moving the latter to the rear
• VICKERS-MAXIM GUN
  One of a system of ordnance, including machine, quick-fire, coast, and field guns, of all calibers, manufactured by the combined firms of Vickers' Sons of Sheffield and Maxim of Birmingham and elsewhere, England.
• ALTRUISM
  Regard for others, both natural and moral; devotion to the interests of others; brotherly kindness; -- opposed to egoism or selfishness. J. S. Mill.