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platitude

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/ˈplatɪtjuːd/ English

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noun

  1. An often-quoted saying that is supposed to be meaningful but has become unoriginal or hackneyed through overuse; a cliché.
  2. A claim that is trivially true, to the point of being uninteresting.
  3. Flatness.
  4. Unoriginality; triteness.

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