Meaning & use
truism
A statement that is so obviously true it hardly needs to be said, and so is often seen as unoriginal.
See it in a sentence
It's a truism that practice improves performance, yet many people still avoid it.
The speech was full of truisms about hard work rather than concrete plans.
A note on using this word
Truism often carries a slightly negative tone, implying that a statement, while true, is too obvious to be useful or insightful.
Words with a similar meaning
clicheplatitude
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