noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
old
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It is an old maxim that the safest way to victimize a man is to help him to victimize himself.
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As the old maxim goes, that and a quarter will sure get you a warm cup of coffee.
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It's an old maxim but it's true: to a great extent, you are what you eat.
■ VERB
violate
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In either case we violate the maxim of brevity.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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According to this principle, we interpret language on the assumption that its sender is obeying four maxims.
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Anderson's respect appears undiminished, however, and is further indicated in his upholding of the modesty maxim .
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But the Freudian maxim holds true: Laughter is just an expression of fear.
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But why should these maxims be flouted in this way?
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Just as the quality maxim can be flouted for effect, so can the other three.
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That's always been one of Father's maxims.
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The report appears content that such rhetorical gaps loom between the concrete evidence it amasses and the maxims it imparts.