aphorism
noun
1 aphorism
A short pithy instructive saying.
synonyms: apophthegm, apothegm.
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: aforisme
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