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| - | [[Image:The Heart Has Its Reasons by Odilon Redon.jpg |thumb|right|200px|''[[The heart has its reasons, of which reason knows nothing|The Heart Has Its Reasons]]'' (c.[[1887]]) by [[Odilon Redon]], a phrase from the ''[[Pensées]]'' ([[1669]]) by [[Blaise Pascal]]]]{{Template}} | + | [[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]]; a [[maxim]], an [[apothegm]]. | + | A '''dictum''' is an [[authoritative]] [[statement]]; a [[dogmatic]] [[saying]]; an [[adage]], a [[maxim]], an [[apothegm]]. |
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| + | 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]]." | ||
| ==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
| From Latin [[dictum]] (“proverb, maxim”), from ''[[dīcō]]'' (say, speak). | From Latin [[dictum]] (“proverb, maxim”), from ''[[dīcō]]'' (say, speak). | ||
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| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
| + | *[[Adage]] | ||
| + | *[[Aphorism]] | ||
| + | *[[Catchphrase]] | ||
| + | *[[Credo]] | ||
| + | *[[:Category:Dicta]] | ||
| + | *[[Epigram]] | ||
| + | *[[Idiom]] | ||
| *''[[Maledicta]]'' | *''[[Maledicta]]'' | ||
| + | *[[Motto]] | ||
| + | *[[Quotation]] | ||
| + | *[[Soundbite]] | ||
| + | *[[Winged word]] | ||
| + | *[[List of proverbial phrases ]] | ||
| {{GFDL}} | {{GFDL}} | ||
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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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