NOUN | communication | apothegm, aphorism, apophthegm | a short / short pithy instructive saying |
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Meaning | A short / short pithy instructive saying. | |
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Synonyms | aphorism, apophthegm | |
Broader | maxim, axiom | A saying that is widely accepted on its own merits |
Spanish | aforismo, apotegma | |
Catalan | aforisme, apotegma | |
Adjectives | apothegmatic, apothegmatical | given to or characterized by terse apothegms |
apothegmatic | terse and witty and like a maxim |
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