Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of the nature of a truism; trite; commonplace.
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- adjective Of or pertaining to
truism .
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Examples
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Relativistic arguments often begin with plausible, even truistic premises -- e.g., that we are culturally and historically situated creatures, that justification cannot go on forever, that we cannot talk without using language or think without using concepts -- only to end up with implausible, even inconsistent, conclusions.
Relativism Swoyer, Chris 2003
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It is the beauty of real fatness -- that fatness which comes from within, and reacts on the soul that made it, until soul and body are one deep harmony of fat; that fatness which gave us the geniality of Silenus, of the late Major O'Gorman; which soothes all nerves in its owner, and creates the earthy, truistic wisdom of Sancho
Yet Again Max Beerbohm 1914
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The Bou-isms fall under two categories, either all-truistic, like "Plug the meter for someone else," or seize the day, like "Never look back unless it makes you laugh," Eric Husband, group creative director for Colle+McVoy said.
Jacksonville Business News - Local Jacksonville News | Jacksonville Business Journal 2010
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The Bou-isms fall under two categories, either all-truistic, like "Plug the meter for someone else," or seize the day, like "Never look back unless it makes you laugh," Eric Husband, group creative director for Colle+McVoy said.
Boston Business News - Local Boston News | Boston Business Journal 2010
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Father except through me. "golden rule" - which is the closest we have to a universal philosophical principle that is more than just truistic - is little more than a widely accepted first principle from which all ethical reasoning must conform to: namely, that ethics demands consistency, with the same rules applying in all comparable cases.
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For such a simple, almost truistic idea, you'd be surprised how many people don't seem to get it.
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For such a simple, almost truistic idea, you'd be surprised how many people don't seem to get it.
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For such a simple, almost truistic idea, you'd be surprised how many people don't seem to get it.
Mr Eugenides 2008
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For such a simple, almost truistic idea, you'd be surprised how many people don't seem to get it.
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For such a simple, almost truistic idea, you'd be surprised how many people don't seem to get it.
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