Associations to the word «Truism»

Wiktionary

TRUISM, noun. A self-evident or obvious truth.
TRUISM, noun. A banality or cliché.

Dictionary definition

TRUISM, noun. An obvious truth.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats