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.
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truism — TRUÍSM, truisme, s.n. (livr.) Adevăr evident, banal; loc comun. – Din fr. truisme. Trimis de laura tache, 24.10.2002. Sursa: DEX 98 TRUÍSM s. v. banalitate, loc comun, platitudine, prozaism. Trimis de siveco, 13.09.2007. Sursa: Sinonime … … Dicționar Român
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. [1913 Webster] Trifling truisms clothed in great, swelling words. J. P. Smith.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
truism — index platitude, postulate, principle (axiom) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
truism — 1708, from TRUE (Cf. true) + ISM (Cf. ism); first attested in Swift … Etymology dictionary
truism — *commonplace, platitude, bromide, cliché Analogous words: triteness, threadbareness (see corresponding adjectives at TRITE): banality, jejuneness, inanity (see corresponding adjectives at INSIPID) … New Dictionary of Synonyms
truism — ► NOUN ▪ a statement that is obviously true and says nothing new or interesting … English terms dictionary
truism — [tro͞o′iz΄əm] n. a statement the truth of which is obvious or well known; commonplace SYN. PLATITUDE truistic adj … English World dictionary
Truism — A truism is a claim that is so obvious or self evident as to be hardly worth mentioning, except as a reminder or as a rhetorical or literary device.In logic, a proposition may be a truism even if it is not a tautology, a restatement of a… … Wikipedia
truism — UK [ˈtruːɪz(ə)m] / US [ˈtruˌɪzəm] noun [countable] Word forms truism : singular truism plural truisms a statement that does not really need to be made because everyone already knows it is true … English dictionary
truism — noun Date: 1708 an undoubted or self evident truth; especially one too obvious for mention • truistic adjective … New Collegiate Dictionary
