truism

• Unfortunately, this truism is an oversimplification that limits our understanding of constitutional jurisprudence in late-nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the jurisprudence of Lochner-era. —  ADF Alliance Alert
• This sounds like a truism, but in practice it represents a fallacy of composition. —  pfblogs.org: The Ad-Free Personal Finance Blogs Aggregator
• This truism is used in everyday life: Can you see the angry face? —  Scientific American
• The deceit of the media is so well documented as to be a truism, and hardly worth wasting one's time arguing with their apologists like Cody. —  Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]
• Another truism is that dogs have owners while cats have staff.

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