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Truism Proverb Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is AXIOM which was last seen in the The Guardian Quick crossword.
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199%5Exact Match!
236%6 A truism
336%10 A platitude or truism

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We think the answer is "AXIOM" which means:

    noun
  • • A saying that is widely accepted on its own merits
  • • (logic) a proposition that is not susceptible of proof or disproof; its truth is assumed to be self-evident

An example sentence would be:

  • • "The first axiom of geometry is that a line is the shortest distance between two points."
  • • "In mathematics, the axiom of choice states that given any collection of sets, a choice function can be defined on that collection."

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