truisticadj.

Brit.

/truːˈɪstɪk/, U.S.

/truˈɪstɪk/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: true adj., -istic suffix.

Etymology: < true adj. + -istic suffix, after truism n.

Trivially self-evident; characterized by a truism or truisms. Also (in quot. 1885): that utters truisms.In quot. 1810 used as the second element in a humorous compound referring to Hudibras, a 17th cent. poem by Samuel Butler (see Hudibrastic adj. a).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > saying, maxim, adage > self-evident truth, axiom > [adjective]

axiomatical1654

truistic1810

truistical1829

1810 European Mag. & London Rev. Nov. 357/2 ‘For ought that ever I could read’, the hudibra-truistic lines..will not be found in any ancient regular poems now tolerated totidiem verbis.

1829 Morning Jrnl. 21 Aug. 2/4 Its [sc. the Gazette's] comments, when it indulges in them, are sober, sound, and truistic.

1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 30 May 2/1 It is the fashion nowadays to be truistic.

1902 Athenæum 11 Jan. 52/3 To a trained psychologist this statement looks truistic and commonplace.

1997 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 13 Apr. c17 Such essentially meaningless and truistic exchanges as ‘It's warm, eh?’ or ‘Gee, that was some storm we had last night’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	truistic
释义	truisticadj. Brit. /truːˈɪstɪk/, U.S. /truˈɪstɪk/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: true adj., -istic suffix. Etymology: < true adj. + -istic suffix, after truism n. Trivially self-evident; characterized by a truism or truisms. Also (in quot. 1885): that utters truisms.In quot. 1810 used as the second element in a humorous compound referring to Hudibras, a 17th cent. poem by Samuel Butler (see Hudibrastic adj. a). ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > saying, maxim, adage > self-evident truth, axiom > [adjective] axiomatical1654 truistic1810 truistical1829 1810 European Mag. & London Rev. Nov. 357/2 ‘For ought that ever I could read’, the hudibra-truistic lines..will not be found in any ancient regular poems now tolerated totidiem verbis. 1829 Morning Jrnl. 21 Aug. 2/4 Its [sc. the Gazette's] comments, when it indulges in them, are sober, sound, and truistic. 1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 30 May 2/1 It is the fashion nowadays to be truistic. 1902 Athenæum 11 Jan. 52/3 To a trained psychologist this statement looks truistic and commonplace. 1997 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 13 Apr. c17 Such essentially meaningless and truistic exchanges as ‘It's warm, eh?’ or ‘Gee, that was some storm we had last night’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1810
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