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truistic, a.|truːˈɪstɪk|
[f. truism: see -istic.]
Having the character of a truism; trivially self-evident. (In quot. 1885, Dealing in or uttering truisms.)
1844F. D. Maurice in W. Ward W. G. Ward & Oxford Movem. (1889) 321 Merely truistic statements. 1885Pall Mall G. 30 May 2/1 It is the fashion nowadays to be truistic. 1902Athenæum 11 Jan. 52/3 To a trained psychologist this statement looks truistic and commonplace.
So truˈistical a., in same sense.
1858Brit. Q. Rev. LVI. 444 While some are true, not to say truistical, others are as utterly false. 1906Hibbert Jrnl. July 788 Quite obvious..in fact, almost suspiciously truistical. |