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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun maxim has 2 senses
- maxim(n = noun.communication) axiom - a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits; is a kind of expression, locution, saying
- maxim(n = noun.person) sir hiram stevens maxim - English inventor (born in the United States) who invented the Maxim gun that was used in World War I (1840-1916); is a kind of artificer, discoverer, inventor
has particulars: aphorism, apophthegm, apothegm, gnome, moralism
CIDE DICTIONARY
maxim, n. [F. maxime, L. maxima (sc. sententia), the greatest sentence, proposition, or axiom, i. e., of the greatest weight or authority, fem. fr. maximus greatest, superl. of magnus great. See Magnitude, and cf. Maximum.].
- An established principle or proposition; a condensed proposition of important practical truth; an axiom of practical wisdom; an adage; a proverb; an aphorism. [1913 Webster]"'T is their maxim, Love is love's reward." [1913 Webster]
- The longest note formerly used, equal to two longs, or four breves; a large. [1913 Webster]
Syn. -- Axiom; aphorism; apothegm; adage; proverb; saying. See Axiom.
OXFORD DICTIONARY
maxim, n. a general truth or rule of conduct expressed in a sentence.
Etymology
ME f. F maxime or med.L maxima (propositio), fem. adj. (as MAXIMUM)
THESAURUS
maxim
Procrustean law, a belief, adage, aphorism, apophthegm, apothegm, article of faith, axiom, brocard, byword, canon, cliche, code, commandment, commonplace, convention, criterion, dictum, doctrine, dogma, epigram, form, formality, formula, formulary, general principle, gnome, golden rule, guideline, guiding principle, imperative, law, law of nature, mitzvah, moral, mot, motto, norm, norma, order of nature, ordinance, platitude, precept, prescribed form, prescript, prescription, principium, principle, proverb, regulation, rubric, rule, rule of thumb, saw, saying, set form, settled principle, slogan, standard, standing order, teaching, tenet, theorem, truism, universal law, witticism, working principle, working ruleROGET THESAURUS
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Precept
N precept, direction, instruction, charge, prescript, prescription, recipe, receipt, golden rule, maxim, rule, canon, law, code, corpus juris, lex scripta, act, statute, rubric, stage direction, regulation, form, formula, formulary, technicality, canon law, norm, order.Maxim
N maxim, aphorism, apothegm, apophthegm, dictum, saying, adage, saw, proverb, sentence, mot, motto, word, byword, moral, phylactery, protasis, axiom, theorem, scholium, truism, postulate, first principles, a priori fact, assumption (supposition), reflection, conclusion, golden rule, principle, principia, profession of faith, settled principle, accepted principle, formula, accepted fact, received truth, wise maxim, sage maxim, received maxim, admitted maxim, recognized maxim, true saying, common saying, hackneyed saying, trite saying, commonplace saying, aphoristic, proverbial, phylacteric, axiomatic, gnomic, as the saying goes, as the saying is, as they say.
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