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TRUISM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An obvious truth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("truism" is a kind of...):
true statement; truth (a true statement)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "truism"):
banality; bromide; cliche; commonplace; platitude (a trite or obvious remark)
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