aphorismnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈæf.ə.rɪ.zəm/us/ˈæf.ɚ.ɪ.zəm/a short clever saying that is intended to express a general truth:
Oscar Wilde was famous for such aphorisms as "Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes".
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- anagram
- cliché
- cliché-ridden
- coin
- compound sentence
- concessive clause
- declarative sentence
- expression
- figure of speech
- fronting
- mission statement
- nugget
- phrasing
- proverb
- refrain
- relative clause
- simple sentence
- tail
- the operative word idiom
- war cry
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