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n. A self-evident truth. See Synonyms at cliché. tru·is'tic (trōō-ĭs'tĭk) adj. |
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| an obvious truth |
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Truism
Tru"ism\, n. [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. --J. P. Smith.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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