truism

English

true +‎ -ism

truism (plural truisms)

self-evident or obvious truth

Greek: κοινοτυπία (el) f (koinotypía)
Italian: ovvietà (it) f, tautologia (it) f
Japanese: 自明の理 (じめいのり, jimei no ri)
Norwegian: truisme m, (banal, forslitt, selvinnlysende) sannhet (no) c
Portuguese: truísmo (pt) m
Russian: труи́зм (ru) m (truízm), трюи́зм (ru) m (trjuízm), прописна́я и́стина f (propisnája ístina), ляпалиссиа́да (ru) f (ljapalissiáda)
Serbo-Croatian: truizam (sh)
Spanish: obviedad (es) f, (colloq.) perogrullada (es) f, (less common) truismo m
Welsh: gwireb f

banality or cliché

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