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(truːɪzəm)
Word forms: plural truisms
countable noun
A truism is a statement that is generally accepted as obviously true and is repeated so often that it has become boring.
Orpington seems an example of the truism that nothing succeeds like success.
Whilst this might sound like a truism, it is nevertheless a crucial problem to address.
Synonyms: cliché, commonplace, platitude, axiom More Synonyms of truism

truism in British English

(ˈtruːɪzəm)
noun
an obvious truth; platitude
Derived forms
truistic (truˈistic)
adjective
Word origin
C18: from true + -ism

truism in American English

(ˈtruˌɪzəm)
noun
a statement the truth of which is obvious or well known; commonplace
SIMILAR WORDS:  ˈplatiˌtude
Derived forms
truistic (truˈistic)
adjective

Examples of 'truism' in a sentence
truism

That is more than a mere truism.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The race organisers need to understand one simple truism.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It is an accepted truism in sport that success is cyclical.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
It has become a truism to say that the home of weighty subjects in fiction is often young adult books.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
But that is a mere truism.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
As in the old poker truism, you have to pay to learn.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
It is thus not a mere truism that all democratic countries stand with Norway in its adversity and suffering.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
That sounds like a simple truism; that the inside of a box feels like the outside of a box.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
There's an old truism that the rich are different - they have more money.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
It is an old truism, but it's the case.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
It's an old Westminster truism that there are no votes in law reform.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
And as the old truism goes, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Speaking off the cuff, she's lost in cliché and truism.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Now, it's almost become a truism these days that management is all about attention to detail.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
It's an old truism of magazine publishing that if you want to sell a magazine to women, put a pretty woman on the front.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
It is an old truism that in the life room you don't draw the body in front of you, you draw the one inside you.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
THERE is a simple truism that governs all competitive pursuits, poker very much included: you win some and you lose some.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
(noun) 
Definition
a statement that is clearly true and well known
the truism that nothing succeeds like success
Synonyms
cliché
I've learned that the cliché about life not being fair is true.
commonplace
It is a commonplace to say that the poetry of the first world war was greater than that of the second.
platitude
politicians spouting the same old platitudes
axiom
the long-held axiom that education leads to higher income
bromide
The same old bromides were used to justify failure.
stock phrase
trite saying

Additional synonyms

in the sense of axiom
Definition
a generally accepted principle
the long-held axiom that education leads to higher income
Synonyms
principle,
fundamental,
maxim,
gnome,
adage,
postulate,
dictum,
precept,
aphorism,
truism,
apophthegm
in the sense of bromide
Definition
a boring, meaningless, or obvious remark
The same old bromides were used to justify failure.
Synonyms
platitude,
cliché,
banality,
truism,
commonplace,
chestnut (informal),
old saw,
trite remark,
hackneyed saying or phrase
in the sense of commonplace
Definition
a cliché
It is a commonplace to say that the poetry of the first world war was greater than that of the second.
Synonyms
cliché,
platitude,
banality,
truism

Nearby words of
truism

  • trudge
  • true
  • true-blue
  • truism
  • truly
  • trump
  • trump something up

Synonyms of 'truism'

truism

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of platitude
Definition
a trite or unoriginal remark
politicians spouting the same old platitudes
Synonyms
cliché,
stereotype,
commonplace,
banality,
truism,
bromide,
verbiage,
inanity,
trite remark,
hackneyed saying
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