Aphorism Synonyms

ăfə-rĭzəm
A usually pithy and familiar statement expressing an observation or principle generally accepted as wise or true
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. saying
  2. proverb
  3. adage
  4. apothegm
  5. motto
  6. saw
  7. epigram
  8. byword
  9. maxim
  10. axiom
  11. dictum
  12. moral
  13. precept
  14. slogan
  15. apophthegm
A tersely phrased statement of a truth or opinion; an adage.
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. saying

Words Related to Aphorism

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  3. pithy
  4. aphoristic
  5. fable

Aphorism Sentence Examples

  • He often begins an aphorism with a quoted passage.

  • It proves the old aphorism that if something looks too good to be true then it probably is.

  • The force of this criterion is best expressed in Bishop Butler's famous aphorism, " Probability is the very guide of life.

  • These are arranged, professedly on the basis of the aphorism of Augustine, Lombard's favourite authority, that "omnis doctrina vel rerum est vel signorum," into four books, of which the first treats of God, the second of the creature, the third of the incarnation, the work of redemption, and the virtues, and the fourth of the seven sacraments and eschatology.

  • For Lassalle, who coined the aphorism on science and the proletariat, science, like the state, stands above the class struggle.

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