truism

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Noun

truism (plural truisms)

1. A self-evident or obvious truth.
2. A banality or cliché.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:saying

Translations

• French: lapalissade, truisme
• German: Binsenwahrheit
• Italian: ovvietà, tautologia
• Portuguese: truísmo
• Russian: труи́зм
• Spanish: obviedad, (colloq.) perogrullada, (less common) truismo

Translations

• Italian: banalità, clichè, luogo comune, tautologia
• Russian: бана́льность
• Spanish: banalidad, lugar común, tópico, cliché

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