MAXIM meaning: General rule guiding behavior, actions

We found 38 dictionaries that define the word maxim:

General (26 matching dictionaries)

Maxim, maxim: Merriam-Webster.com
Maxim, maxim: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
maxim: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
maxim: Collins English Dictionary
Maxim, maxim: Vocabulary.com
Maxim, maxim, maxim: Wordnik
maxim: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
Maxim, maxim: Wiktionary
maxim: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
maxim: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
maxim: Infoplease Dictionary
Maxim, maxim: Dictionary.com
Maxim, maxim: Online Etymology Dictionary
maxim: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Maxim (Australia), Maxim (India), Maxim (artist), Maxim (disambiguation), Maxim (given name), Maxim (literature), Maxim (magazine), Maxim (musician), Maxim (philosophy), Maxim (saying), Maxim (surname), Maxim: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Maxim: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
maxim: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
maxim: Free Dictionary
maxim: Mnemonic Dictionary
Maxim, maxim: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
Maxim: Dictionary/thesaurus
maxim: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
maxim: Rhymezone
maxim: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary

Art (2 matching dictionaries)

Literary Criticism (No longer online)
Silva Rhetoricae: The Forest of Rhetoric (No longer online)

Business (4 matching dictionaries)

maxim: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
Maxim (saying), maxim: Legal dictionary
THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

maxim: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)

MAXIM: Acronym Finder
maxim: Glosario de términos filosóficos (en inglés)

Science (2 matching dictionaries)

Glossary of Roots of Botanical Names (No longer online)
FOLDOP - Free On Line Dictionary Of Philosophy (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)

maxim: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ noun:  (now rare) A self-evident axiom or premise; a pithy expression of a general principle or rule.
▸ noun:  A precept; a succinct statement or observation of a rule of conduct or moral teaching.
▸ noun:  A surname
▸ noun:  (firearms) The Maxim gun, a British machine gun of various calibres used by the British army from 1889 until World War I.
▸ noun:  (firearms) Any machine gun that derives from the design pattern of Maxim's patented design
▸ noun:  (firearms, informal, obsolete) A machine gun
▸ noun:  Alternative letter-case form of Maxim [A surname]

Opposite:

minim, least

Types:

Occam's razor, more...

Phrases:

Maxim Gorky, Maxim Litvinov, Maxim gun, maxim gorki, maxim guns, more...

Adjectives:

old, general, fundamental, legal, ancient, famous, favourite, favorite, political, known, moral

Colors:

crimson, scarlet, ruby, garnet, burgundy, maroon, vermilion, carmine, rose, coral

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