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| + | [[Image:The Heart Has Its Reasons by Odilon Redon.jpg |thumb|right|200px|This page '''{{PAGENAME}}''' is part of the ''[[language]]'' series.<br> <small>Illustration: ''[[The heart has its reasons, of which reason knows nothing]]'' (c. 1887) by Odilon Redon, a dictum from the ''Pensées'' (1669) by Blaise Pascal.</small>]] | ||
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| - | # An authoritative statement; a dogmatic saying; an [[apothegm]]. | + | A '''dictum''' is an [[authoritative]] [[statement]]; a [[dogmatic]] [[saying]]; an [[adage]], a [[maxim]], an [[apothegm]]. |
| - | #* '''1949''', Bruce Kiskaddon, George R. Stewart, ''[[w:Earth_Abides|Earth Abides]]'' | + | |
| - | #*: ...a '''dictum''' which he had heard an economics professor once [[propound]]... | + | According to the ''[[Oxford Thesaurus of English]]'', synonyms for [[dictum]] are "[[saying]], [[maxim]], [[axiom]], [[proverb]], [[adage]], [[aphorism]], [[saw]], [[precept]], [[epigram]], [[epigraph]], [[motto]], [[truism]], [[platitude]], [[commonplace]]; words of wisdom, pearls of wisdom; [[expression]], [[phrase]], [[formula]], [[slogan]], [[quotation]], [[quote]]; rare [[apothegm]], [[gnome]]." |
| - | # A judicial opinion expressed by judges on points that do not necessarily arise in the case, and are not involved in it. | + | |
| - | # The report of a judgment made by one of the judges who has given it. | + | ==Etymology== |
| - | # An [[arbitrament]] or award. | + | From Latin [[dictum]] (“proverb, maxim”), from ''[[dīcō]]'' (say, speak). |
| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | *[[Adage]] | ||
| + | *[[Aphorism]] | ||
| + | *[[Catchphrase]] | ||
| + | *[[Credo]] | ||
| + | *[[:Category:Dicta]] | ||
| + | *[[Epigram]] | ||
| + | *[[Idiom]] | ||
| + | *''[[Maledicta]]'' | ||
| + | *[[Motto]] | ||
| + | *[[Quotation]] | ||
| + | *[[Soundbite]] | ||
| + | *[[Winged word]] | ||
| + | *[[List of proverbial phrases ]] | ||
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A dictum is an authoritative statement; a dogmatic saying; an adage, a maxim, an apothegm.
According to the Oxford Thesaurus of English, synonyms for dictum are "saying, maxim, axiom, proverb, adage, aphorism, saw, precept, epigram, epigraph, motto, truism, platitude, commonplace; words of wisdom, pearls of wisdom; expression, phrase, formula, slogan, quotation, quote; rare apothegm, gnome."
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Etymology
From Latin dictum (“proverb, maxim”), from dīcō (say, speak).
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See also
- Adage
- Aphorism
- Catchphrase
- Credo
- Category:Dicta
- Epigram
- Idiom
- Maledicta
- Motto
- Quotation
- Soundbite
- Winged word
- List of proverbial phrases
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