truism

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A self-evident or obvious truth.

   It is a truism that the site of stations is conditioned by history and geography, but Dover Marine especially owes its fascinating and unusual layout to these two factors.

2. 2
   noun

   A banality or cliché.

   After a little decent sorrow had been put forth for the late "severe affliction," joined with some weariful truisms about resignation to the will of Providence, the rest of the epistle was filled up with reproofs about her ladyship's extraordinary and improper conduct in setting off without his consent!

3. 3
   noun

   an obvious truth

Etymology

From true + -ism.