See Also: truism(dictionary)
truism(dictionary)

truism (iou)



truism noun. E18.
[from TRUE adjective + -ISM.]
A self-evident or indisputable truth, esp. a trivial or hackneyed one. Also, a proposition that states nothing beyond what is implied in any of its terms. E18.
W. Golding The truism that money cannot be spent twice. Vanity Fair It is..truism that art has become our secular faith.
Truistic statement. rare. E19.