aphorism

8 letters in word "aphorism": A H I M O P R S.

No anagrams for aphorism found in this word list.

• Definitions:
• A brief & pithy statement, often satiric and aphoristic.
• a principle or precept expressed in a terse and acute way; if the way it is expressed is even more compact and liminar, it is an apothegm. If what is expressed is widely accepted, it is called either an axiom or sententia, if put in a rather witty manner.
• a short, pithy statement of a truth or doctrine, a maxim,ie. home is where the heart is.
• A terse, pointed statement expressing some wise or clever observation about life. “He that lives upon hope will die fasting.” Benjamin Franklin
• a short pithy instructive saying
• Aphorism (from the Greek ?????????, to define), literally a distinction or a definition, is a term used to describe a principle expressed tersely in a few telling words or any general truth conveyed in a short and pithy sentence, in such a way that when once heard it is unlikely to pass ...

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