truism
English
noun
Definitions
- A self-evident or obvious truth.
- A banality or cliché.
Etymology
Suffix from English true.
Origin
English
true
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Truebie English
- nontrue English
- semitrue English
- supertrue English
- troth English
- true English
- trueborn English
- trueful English
- trueism English
- truelove English
- truely English
- trueness English
- truesome English
- truetone English
- truing English
- truly English
- truth English
- untrue English
- truisme French
- truisme Norwegian Bokmål
- truisme Norwegian Nynorsk
- trewe Middle English
- tru Tok Pisin
- tru Sranan Tongo