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PRONUNCIATION OF TRUISTIC

truistic  [truːˈɪstɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TRUISTIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Truistic is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES TRUISTIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of truistic in the English dictionary

The definition of truistic in the dictionary is relating to an obvious truth or platitude.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TRUISTIC


altruistic
ˌæltrʊˈɪstɪk
Dadaistic
ˌdɑːdɑːˈɪstɪk
deistic
diːˈɪstɪk
ditheistic
ˌdaɪθiːˈɪstɪk
euphuistic
ˌjuːfjuːˈɪstɪk
expressionistic
ɪkˌsprɛʃ ənˈɪstɪk
henotheistic
ˌhenəʊθiːˈɪstɪk
humoristic
ˌhjuːmərˈɪstɪk
jingoistic
ˌdʒɪŋɡəʊˈɪstɪk
monotheistic
ˌmɒnəʊθiːˈɪstɪk
mutualistic
ˌmjuːtʃʊəlˈɪstɪk
nontheistic
ˌnɒnˌθiːˈɪstɪk
polytheistic
ˌpɒlɪθiːˈɪstɪk
shamanistic
ˌʃeɪmənˈɪstɪk
terroristic
ˌtɛrərˈɪstɪk
theistic
θiːˈɪstɪk
touristic
tʊərˈɪstɪk
tritheistic
ˌtraɪθiːˈɪstɪk
voodooistic
ˌvuːduːˈɪstɪk
zootheistic
ˌzəʊəθiːˈɪstɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TRUISTIC

trueness
truepenny
truer
truest
Truffaut
truffle
trug
trugo
truing
truism
Trujillo
Truk Islands
trull
truly
Truman
trumeau
trumeaux
trump
trump card
trump up

WORDS THAT END LIKE TRUISTIC

anachronistic
artistic
autistic
ballistic
characteristic
deterministic
domestic
futuristic
holistic
linguistic
logistic
minimalistic
optimistic
probabilistic
realistic
sadistic
simplistic
statistic
stylistic
synergistic
unrealistic

Synonyms and antonyms of truistic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «truistic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TRUISTIC

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The translations of truistic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «truistic» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

truistic
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

truistic
570 millions of speakers

English

truistic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

truistic
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

truistic
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

truistic
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

truísta
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

truistic
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

truistic
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Truistik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

truistic
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

truistic
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

truistic
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Truistic
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

truistic
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

truistic
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अंत्यस्त
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

truistic
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

truistic
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

truistic
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

truistic
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

truistic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

truistic
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

truistic
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

truistic
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

truistic
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of truistic

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TRUISTIC»

The term «truistic» is used very little and occupies the 176.479 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TRUISTIC» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about truistic

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TRUISTIC»

Discover the use of truistic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to truistic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Evolution and Literary Theory
The distinguishing characteristic of poststructuralism is not that it regards the linguistic artifact in isolation from the universe but rather that it regards the universe as itself a linguistic phenomenon.9 2. The Truistic/Radical Shuffle In the degree to ...
Joseph Carroll, 1995
2
Fact and Method: Explanation, Confirmation and Reality in ...
50 Of course, Freud takes his conclusions, as a whole, to be surprising, not truistic. The repression and dissociation allegedly revealed by his data are surprisingly pervasive and effective, he argues, and many details of their workings are ...
Richard W. Miller, 1987
3
One Hundred Years of Russell's Paradox: Mathematics, Logic, ...
3.3.A. Truistic. Context. Principle. The interpretation of the slogan: the sentence is the unit of meaning, doesn't say anything about how arbitrary expressions derive their meanings from their role in sentences. What if an expression α occurs as ...
Godehard Link, 2004
4
The Realistic Spirit: Wittgenstein, Philosophy, and the Mind
Dummett claims that the thesis that the unit of significance is the sentence not the word (this is how he puts the view Quine ascribes to Frege; cf . note 11) is either false or truistic, and that in neither case does it represent any thesis stressed by ...
Cora Diamond, 1995
5
Reading Human Nature: Literary Darwinism in Theory and Practice
The strategy for eluding science need consist only in refinements of a procedure already widely practiced: formulating all propositions simultaneously in two separate versions: the radical and the truistic. The radical version gives the ...
Joseph Carroll, 2011
6
Legality
Relatedly, we should not infer from the fact that conceptual analysis is supposed to start from truistic judgments that it will necessarily end in truistic theories.14 Indeed, there would be no point in engaging in conceptual analysis if the identity of ...
Scott J. Shapiro, 2011
7
A Guide to Managed Care Medicine
Gabriel takes some literature describing the three health plans to his physician, Al Truistic, and asks him, "Doc, which of these three plans do you think would best meet my family's needs? Also, in this current issue of U.S. News and World ...
‎2000
8
Research Comparisons And Medical Applications Of Ericksonian ...
Composite Forms of Indirect Suggestion The observation that many indirect forms contain lesser included direct suggestions led to the observation that the more complex forms of indirect suggestion are composed of either a truistic statement ...
Stephen R. Lankton, Jeffrey K. Zeig, 2013
9
Agreements: A Philosophical and Legal Study
only to horizontal ones.144 Some commentators have tried to introduce clarity by proposing, or claiming to discern already in the cases, distinct types of agreement for the two categories.145 That is either truistic or both extravagant and ...
Oliver Black, 2012
10
The Cambridge Companion to Frege
46 This claim may appear to be inconsistent with the seemingly truistic principle that competence with a name requires knowing its reference. But whether or not one will accept this principle – indeed, its very status as truistic – depends ...
Tom Ricketts, Michael Potter, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TRUISTIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term truistic is used in the context of the following news items.
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Ajutorul social e sfânt. Câte persoane s-au prezentat la un târg de …
Este un truistic fapt care ţine de mecanică şi de interacţiunea a două corpuri. #6 ssdd 20.07.2015 18:36. Raspunde. Ce va ofenseaza adevarul de nu publicati ... «Gândul, Jul 15»
2
Michelle Obama Needs To Get Over Herself
Chump change and so truistic. They probably ate at dumb, cheap places like Per Se or Le Bernardin and just drank water and nibbled on a bread basket, you ... «The Federalist, May 15»
3
For Libertarians, There Is Only One Fundamental Right
... negative theses are intimately related: "The Positive Thesis turns out to entail the Negative Thesis (at least with the help of some truistic auxiliary premises). «Reason, Mar 15»
4
First Draft: Beer lovers at CoStar take the time to brew it right
Don't expect their beer-truistic mindset to change any time soon. CoStar is small and comfortable that way. Would they like a tap room some day? Sure, but why ... «Tribune-Review, Mar 15»
5
M.B.O Owolowo: Buhari, the consistent democrat
Buhari has democratically proven the truistic values of staying true to a cause and standing for truth. As the adage goes, when truth appears, falsehood naturally ... «DailyPost Nigeria, Feb 15»
6
PFT Commenter Plays 60 and embraces debate at the Arizona …
Even I have to admit its refreshing to see the NFL take a step away from its brand-humping for just a few minutes to do something all truistic. Thats why in ... «SB Nation, Feb 15»
7
Worthwhile Woolf
She set out “to prove a point that most intelligent people accept as truistic; but seldom has the point been driven home more cogently or embellished with wittier ... «New York Times, Oct 14»
8
Romanian film - The eternal searchers: An interview with filmmaker …
I have to admit I was a bit reluctant at first because I thought it might be truistic. But then again I was thinking of the displayed triumphalism of the “golden age”, ... «Romania-Insider.com, Aug 14»
9
The Most Insane Truck Ever Built and the 4-Year-Old Who …
In that sense, he says, KiraVan is not “a purely Kira-truistic project.” The super vehicle, he believes, could also someday help researchers, photographers, and ... «Wired, Apr 14»
10
Which Authors or Books Have Worked on You as 'Negative …
... insisted how in his work “it's not the straightforward that's being evaded but the too true,” and by that last phrase, he meant, I think, the trite and truistic. But I felt ... «New York Times, Jan 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Truistic [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/truistic>. May 2024 ».
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