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noun
(ad-age)
a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
Synonyms:
byword
,
proverb
,
saw
,
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adages
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proverb
,
byword
,
saw
,
sayings
,
proverbs
,
saws
,
maxims
,
axiom
,
truisms
,
aphorism
,
cliche
,
dictum
,
mottoes
,
mantras
,
platitude
,
credo
,
clich
,
epigram
,
syllogism
,
theories
,
conventional wisdom
,
fables
,
epictetus
,
superstitions
,
phrase
,
wisdom
,
fairytales
,
buzzwords
,
certainties
,
notions
,
catchphrases
,
analogies
,
prophets
,
nostrum
,
absolutes
,
commonplaces
,
fads
,
catchwords
,
sages
,
bromides
,
yardsticks
,
fallacies
,
admonition
,
metaphors
,
myths
,
tropes
,
etymologies
,
prognostications
,
buncombe
,
commandments
,
verities
,
gurus
,
koans
,
coinages
,
omens
,
homophones
,
anecdotes
,
parables
,
tomes
,
epitaphs
,
witticism
,
couplets
,
moses maimonides
,
phooey
,
quantity theory
,
verses
,
truths
,
dogma
,
santayana
,
treatises
,
words
,
bons mots
,
doggerel
,
nursery rhyme
,
precepts
,
tenet
,
mencius
,
jargons
,
philosophies
,
diminutives
,
unluckiness
,
balderdash
,
nuggets
,
theorems
,
herd instinct
,
paraphrase
,
pythagorean theorem
,
imponderables
,
shakespearean sonnet
,
john maynard keynes
,
standbys
,
zhuangzi
,
gospels
,
hunches
,
incantation
,
factoid
,
caveat emptor
,
idioms
,
adjectives
,
universals
,
adages
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