Other forms: truisms
A truism is a statement so obviously true it adds nothing. A well-worn truism.
It is true and empty at once, which is what distinguishes it from a useful generalisation. A truism is often used to close an argument rather than to advance one.
1nountruismA statement so obviously true it adds nothing.
“The whole speech was one truism after another.”
truism is a statement.
Middle English
trewe
English
true
English, today
truism
Built from
From true + -ism. true comes from Middle English trewe. From Middle English treowe, trew, trewe, triwe, true, trwe, from Old English trēowe, trīewe (“faithful, true”), from Proto-Germanic triwwiz (“faithful, true”), from pre-Germanic drewh₂yos, from Proto-Indo-European drew-* (“firm, hard, true”). 2
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