Dictum
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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.
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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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