Meaning

2 senses
  1. A self-evident or obvious truth.

    Binsenwahrheit, Binsenweisheit, Gemeinplatz

    труи́змtruízm, трюи́змtrjuízm, прописна́я и́стинаpropisnája ístina

    an obvious truth

  2. A banality or cliché.

    Banalität, Klischee, Floskel

    бана́льностьbanálʹnostʹ, клише́klišé

Examples

3 sentences
  1. To say that technology changes rapidly is to utter a truism.

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  2. That's a truism.

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  3. Maybe I'm speaking in truisms.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
self-evident or obvious truth:
banality or cliché:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
self-evident or obvious truth:
banality or cliché:
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