Apothegm

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  • noun. A terse, witty, instructive saying; a maxim.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A short, pithy, instructive saying; a terse remark, conveying some important truth; a sententious precept or maxim. Also spelled apophthegm.
  • noun. Synonyms Aphorism, Axiom, Maxim, etc. See aphorism.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A short, pithy, and instructive saying; a terse remark, conveying some important truth; a sententious precept or maxim.
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  • noun. A short, witty, instructive saying; an aphorism or maxim.
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  • noun. a short pithy instructive saying
    • Word Usage
    "The whole “pass now, fix later” apothegm is naive."
    Equivalent
    apophthegm  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    axiom  maxim  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    'si  adage  amica  aphorism  apophthegm  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    adage  ana  analects  aphorism  axiom  
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