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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

• APHORISM (noun)

Sense 1

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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)

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