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In Logic , a Proposition may be a truism even if it is not a Tautology , a restatement of a Definition , or a Theorem derived from Axiom s that are generally held to be true. In fact, some would say that such Analytic Proposition s should not be regarded as truisms. In Philosophy , a sentence which asserts incomplete truth conditions for a proposition may be regarded as a truism. An example of such a sentence would be: "Under appropriate conditions, the sun rises." Without contextual support — a statement of what those appropriate conditions are — the sentence is true but uncontestable. Often the word is used to disguise the fact that a proposition is really just a half-truth or an opinion, especially in Rhetoric . EXAMPLES
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