Truism
Pronunciation : Tru"ism
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [From True.]
Definition : Defn: An undoubted or self-evident truth; a statement which is pliantly true; a proposition needing no proof or argument; -- opposed to falsism. Trifling truisms clothed in great, swelling words. J. P. Smith.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913