truistic
Stating the obvious
Truistic describes something that states an obvious truth—a truism.
A truistic statement is so self-evidently true that it adds nothing new: His observation that people need food to survive was truistic.
The word often carries a dismissive tone, suggesting the point being made is too obvious to be worth making.
Terse general truth
- maximBrief moral principle
- adageTraditional pithy truth
- proverbTraditional saying expressing truth
- sayingShort, wise expression
dictum · platitude · cliché · bromide · commonplace · banality · chestnut · old saw
Requiring no demonstration
- axiomaticAccepted without question
- platitudinousOverused and unoriginal
- banalUnoriginal and dull
- triteOverused, lacking freshness
clichéd · commonplace · bromidic · hackneyed · unoriginal · stating the obvious · goes without saying · needless to say
Lacking significance or purpose
superficial · uninformative · pointless · redundant · tautological · circular · nugatory · inane
aphorism
Terse general truth
saying · dictum · platitude · cliché · bromide · commonplace · banality · chestnut · old saw · received wisdom
self-evident
Requiring no demonstration
- axiomaticAccepted without question
- platitudinousOverused and unoriginal
- banalUnoriginal and dull
trite · clichéd · commonplace · bromidic · hackneyed · unoriginal · stating the obvious · goes without saying · needless to say · apparent
meaningless
Lacking significance or purpose
shallow · superficial · uninformative · pointless · redundant · tautological · circular · nugatory · inane · fatuous
truisticinsightful
Having penetrating discernment
original · novel · revelatory · illuminating · groundbreaking
truisticprofound
Intensely meaningful or insightful
deep · substantive · penetrating · meaningful · significant
truisticcontroversial
Causing public dispute
debatable · contentious · disputable · arguable · contested