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APHORISM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does aphorism mean?
• APHORISM (noun)
The noun APHORISM has 1 sense:
1. a short pithy instructive saying
Familiarity information: APHORISM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A short pithy instructive saying
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
aphorism; apophthegm; apothegm
Hypernyms ("aphorism" is a kind of...):
axiom; maxim (a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits)
Derivation:
aphorise (speak or write in aphorisms)
aphorist (someone who formulates aphorisms or who repeats aphorisms)
aphoristic (terse and witty and like a maxim)
aphoristic (containing aphorisms or maxims)
aphorize (speak or write in aphorisms)
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