| word(noun, talk, statement, conversation, chat) | |
| expression(noun, phrase) | |
| phrase(noun, phrase) | |
| teaching(noun, wisdom, instruction, tradition, teachings) | |
| mot(noun, maxim) | |
| principle(noun, instruction, saying, maxim) | |
| rule(noun, significance, meaning, statement, instruction) | |
| ana | |
| commonplace(noun, saying, chestnut, saw, proverb) | |
| locution(noun, expression) | |
| platitude(noun, commonplace, plate, saying, chestnut) | |
| wisdom(tradition, teachings) | |
| catch-phrase | |
| catchphrase(noun, expression, saying, proverb, axiom) | |
| chestnut(noun, commonplace, plate, ordinariness, overused) | |
| credo(noun, instruction, maxim) | |
| directive(noun, talk, instruction, conversation, chat) | |
| doctrine(noun, wisdom, instruction, tradition, teachings) | |
| idiom(noun, phrase) | |
| proverbial saying |
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