- A
truism is a
claim that is so
obvious or self-evident as to be
hardly worth mentioning,
except as a
reminder or as a
rhetorical or
literary device, and...
- "Half-
Truism" is a song by the
American punk rock band The Offspring. The song is
featured as the
opening track on the band's
eighth studio album, Rise...
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Russian armed forces, and
society in general, has been a long-acknowledged
truism. Sauka, Arnis; Putniņš, Tālis J. "Shadow
Economy Index for Russia". Stockholm...
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Jenny Holzer’s
Truisms (1977–1979) are some of her best-known works. The
nearly 300
aphorisms and
slogans utilize a
series of
modern clichés or commonly...
- A
lapalissade is an
obvious truth—i.e. a
truism or tautology—which
produces a
comical effect. It is
derived from the name
Jacques de la Palice, and the...
- "Hammerhead", "You're
Gonna Go Far, Kid", "Kristy, Are You
Doing Okay?", and "Half-
Truism". Work for Rise and Fall, Rage and
Grace dates back to
September 2004, when...
-
repeating an idea Tautophrase –
Repetition of an idea in the same
words Truism –
Claim so
obvious as to be
hardly worth mentioning Slogan –
Memorable motto...
- "journalistic principle" and in 2007 was
referred to in
commentary as "an old
truism among journalists". Betteridge's name
became ****ociated with the concept...
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Diana Ross'
great gift. No
matter how she is stylized, no
matter what
phony truism she mouths, this
woman always lets you know she is alive. —
Robert Christgau...
- Mycenae, the
common Aryan roots of the two
peoples became something of a
truism".: 91 The
house Schliemann had had
built in
Panepistimiou Street in Athens...
