| 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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