On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Dictum. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as pronouncement or declaration and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Dictum in a sentence
Dictum meaning
- An authoritative statement; a dogmatic saying; a maxim, an apothegm.
- A judicial opinion expressed by judges on points that do not necessarily arise in the case, and are not involved in it.
- The report of a judgment made by one of the judges who has given it.
Synonyms of Dictum
Using Dictum
- The main meaning on this page is: An authoritative statement; a dogmatic saying; a maxim, an apothegm. | A judicial opinion expressed by judges on points that do not necessarily arise in the case, and are not involved in it. | The report of a judgment made by one of the judges who has given it.
- Useful related words include: pronouncement, say-so, declaration, obiter dictum.
- In the example corpus, dictum often appears in combinations such as: the dictum, dictum that, dictum of.
Context around Dictum
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 12 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Dictum
- In this selection, "dictum" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, poetic, old, military, remains, less and either stand out and add context to how "dictum" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a writing dictum either starts and confessing church dictum teneo quia. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "dictum" sits close to words such as aaf, aalen and abrogated, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with dictum
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
China is no exception to this dictum. (7 words)
The dictum of Veda Vyas must close the argument. (9 words)
The dictum “less is more” never reached the Belgian high echelons of power. (13 words)
He’s gone for the Sondheim dictum of form following content, and so as Joan’s life was about the stage, it opens with her on it, directing/interfering with the scenes as seven actresses play her at different stages of her life. (43 words)
He said, “In the aftermath of Zaria genocide executed by the Nigerian military in December 2015 we have been calling on all citizens to uphold the dictum that injustice to one is injustice to all, but to no avail. (39 words)
I am writing this letter to you today, amai because the poetic dictum remains true that memory is a treasure that no one can kill and that death leaves a heartache that no one can heal. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
Clearly, Myleene has never heard Trinny and Susannah's dictum on What Not To Wear: you can do boobs or legs but not at the same time – unless you don't want to look classy.
However, ours isn't the only nation's air force to take Gen. Douhet's dictum to heart.
He said, “In the aftermath of Zaria genocide executed by the Nigerian military in December 2015 we have been calling on all citizens to uphold the dictum that injustice to one is injustice to all, but to no avail.
I am writing this letter to you today, amai because the poetic dictum remains true that memory is a treasure that no one can kill and that death leaves a heartache that no one can heal.
So there is something in Gautier’s dictum after all, if you do not interpret it too strictly.
That old dictum, from the case of the socialist tried for espionage for writing an anti draft pamphlet, "You can't yell fire in a crowded theater" has not weathered the years well.
The dictum “less is more” never reached the Belgian high echelons of power.
Training units seldom conducted combined arms operations since the military dictum was that infantry would win decisively by closing with the enemy with bayonet assaults.
Every truly great story, goes a writing dictum, either starts a genre or ends one.
The dictum of Veda Vyas must close the argument.
While former leader Deng Xiaoping delivered the famous dictum, “Hide our capacities and bide our time, be good at maintaining a low profile and never claim leadership,” Xi has brushed this advice aside.
And unlike traditional theater, with its voice-of-God "Please turn off your cellphones" dictum before the show, here the audience's mobile devices interact with the live show (don't ask us how).
China is no exception to this dictum.
He’s gone for the Sondheim dictum of form following content, and so as Joan’s life was about the stage, it opens with her on it, directing/interfering with the scenes as seven actresses play her at different stages of her life.
Nor has the recovery followed Kennedy’s dictum that a rising tide should lift all boats.
The only problem was that they didn’t think this dictum ought to apply to themselves.
Among the Pythagorean Sacred Discourses there is a dictum attributed to Arignote: The eternal essence of number is the most providential cause of the whole heaven, earth and the region in between.
As his personal motto, Rau adopted the Confessing Church dictum "teneo, quia teneor" (I hold because I am held).
Diagnostic parsimony and the counterbalance it finds in Hickam's dictum have very important implications in medical practice.
Following Cecil Rhodes 's dictum of "equal rights for all civilised men", there was no overt racial component to the franchise.
Common combinations with dictum
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the dictum 9×
- dictum that 6×
- dictum of 5×
- dictum was 3×
- this dictum 3×
- aristotle's dictum 2×