单词 | truism |
释义 | truism[ troo-iz-uhm ] / ˈtru ɪz əm / SEE SYNONYMS FOR truism ON THESAURUS.COM nouna self-evident, obvious truth. Origin of truismFirst recorded in 1700–10; true + -ism SYNONYMS FOR truismcliché, platitude. SEE SYNONYMS FOR truism ON THESAURUS.COM words often confused with truismContrary to what some people believe, the word truism is not a more elegant word for truth. While the word truth can occasionally be used to refer to a “truism,” since truisms are often true, the reverse—the use of truism to mean “truth”—is unwise. Truism stands for a certain kind of truth—a cliché, a platitude, something so self-evident that it is hardly worth mentioning. One can use it to accuse another writer or speaker of saying something so obvious or evident and trite that pointing it out is pointless. To say that a statement is a truism when you intend to compliment it as truthful, factual, even provable, will merely serve to confuse those who know that calling something a truism is not praise, but a criticism or insult. Note, however, that truism is used in a technical sense in mathematics or philosophy for restating something that is already known from its terms or premises. Examples of such truisms include: “Men are not women” and “Since the circumference of a circle equals twice the radius multiplied by π (2π r ), it equals the diameter multiplied by π (π d ).” OTHER WORDS FROM truismtru·is·tic, tru·is·ti·cal, adjectiveWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH truismtruism , truth (see confusables note at the current entry)Words nearby truismTruffaut, truffe, truffle, trug, trugo, truism, Trujillo, Trujillo Alto, Truk Islands, T-rule, trull Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for truismBritish Dictionary definitions for truismtruism / (ˈtruːɪzəm) / nounan obvious truth; platitude Derived forms of truismtruistic, adjectiveWord Origin for truismC18: from true + -ism Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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