truism

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/tɹuːizəm/

noun

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01
noun
A statement that is obviously true and says little new.
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noun
Extra detail
A banality or cliché.

Examples

It is a well-known truism that honesty is the best policy.
To say that technology changes rapidly is to utter a truism.

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Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses: 3
Parts of speech: 1
Citations: 5
Synonyms: 5

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noun

Extra meaning

A self-evident or obvious truth.

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It is a truism that the people who attend a rally for President Trump more than two years before he’s on the ballot again are generally strong supporters of President Trump.
It is a truism that the site of stations is conditioned by history and geography, but Dover Marine especially owes its fascinating and unusual layout to these two factors.
The phrase If something exists, there is porn of it used to be a clever internet meme; now it’s a truism.

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It is a truism that the site of stations is conditioned by history and geography, but Dover Marine especially owes its fascinating and unusual layout to these two factors.
1959 October 26, T. W. E. Roche, “Traffic Working at Dover Marine Station”, in Railway Magazine, page 677
It is a truism that the people who attend a rally for President Trump more than two years before he’s on the ballot again are generally strong supporters of President Trump.
2018 August 3, Philip Bump, “There’s a virus in Trumpland”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 21 Apr 2021
The phrase If something exists, there is porn of it used to be a clever internet meme; now it’s a truism.
2018 November 13, Kate Julian, “Why Are Young People Having So Little Sex?”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 13 Nov 2018
After a little decent sorrow had been put forth for the late "severe affliction," joined with some weariful truisms about resignation to the will of Providence, the rest of the epistle was filled up with reproofs about her ladyship's extraordinary and improper conduct in setting off without his consent!
1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Remembrance of the Dead”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 321
A medical “truism” holds that nose hair filters the air we breathe and therefore protects us from infection by airborne viruses, bacteria and other pathogens. But, as is often the case with truisms, its history may be more venerable than verified.
2021 July 30, Richard Klasco, “Is Nose Hair Essential to Fighting Off Colds and Other Viral Illnesses?”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 Jul 2021

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Origin

noun

From true + -ism.

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Everyone knows the old blank that actions always speak louder than words.