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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..
an idea or expression that has been used by many people ended his letter with the overused truism, âYou can't win them all!â Synonyms banality, bromide, chestnut, clichÃ© (also cliche), groaner, homily, platitude, shibboleth, trope, commonplaceRelated Words conventional wisdom, party line, routine; inanity; generality, generalization, simplification ...