maxim as a noun: - 1
Maxim - 2
Maxim
noun
1 maxim
A saying that is widely accepted on its own merits.
synonym: axiom.
Roget 697:
precept,
direction,
instruction,
charge;
prescript,
prescription;
recipe,
receipt;
golden rule;
maxim
etc.
496.
rule,
canon,
law,
code,
corpus juris [Lat.],
lex scripta [Lat.],
act,
statute,
rubric,
stage direction,
regulation;
form,
formula,
formulary;
technicality;
canon law;
norm.
order
etc.
(command)
741.
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Roget 496:
maxim,
aphorism;
apothegm,
apophthegm†;
dictum,
saying,
adage,
saw,
proverb;
sentence,
mot [Fr.],
motto,
word,
byword,
moral,
phylactery,
protasis†.
axiom,
theorem,
scholium†,
truism,
postulate.
first principles,
a priori fact,
assumption
(supposition)
514.
reflection
etc.
(idea)
453;
conclusion
etc.
(judgment)
480;
golden rule
etc.
(precept)
697;
principle,
principia [Lat.];
profession of faith
etc.
(belief)
484;
settled principle,
accepted principle,
formula.
accepted fact.
received truth,
wise maxim,
sage maxim,
received maxim,
admitted maxim,
recognized maxim
&c.;
true saying,
common saying,
hackneyed saying,
trite saying,
commonplace saying
etc.
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Dutch: leuze, parool
Polish: maksyma, sentencja
2 Maxim
English inventor (born in the United States) who invented the Maxim gun that was used in World War I (1840-1916).
synonym: Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim.
Moby thesaurus: Procrustean law, a belief, adage, aphorism, apophthegm, apothegm, article of faith, axiom, brocard, byword, canon, cliche, code, commandment, commonplace, convention, criterion, dictum, doctrine, dogma, epigram, form, formality, formula, formulary, general principle, gnome, golden rule, guideline, guiding principle, imperative, law, law of nature, mitzvah, moral, mot, motto, norm, norma, order of nature, ordinance, platitude, precept, prescribed form, prescript, prescription, principium, principle, proverb, regulation, rubric, rule, rule of thumb, saw, saying, set form, settled principle, slogan, standard, standing order, teaching, tenet, theorem, truism, universal law, witticism, working principle, working rule ... show more.
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