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noun. The definition of a truism is a statement of an obvious truth. An example of a truism is the statement: A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do..
trope. n. 1. (Rhetoric) rhetoric a word or expression used in a figurative sense. 2. (Music, other) an interpolation of words or music into the plainsong settings of the Roman Catholic liturgy.