platitude
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/ˈplatɪtjuːd/
English
Definitions
noun
- An often-quoted saying that is supposed to be meaningful but has become unoriginal or hackneyed through overuse; a cliché.
- A claim that is trivially true, to the point of being uninteresting.
- Flatness.
- Unoriginality; triteness.
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Synonyms
clichéclichebanalitycommonplacebromidetruismtopiccatchwordhomilyplatitudinarianismparodyponcifplatitudinarianboilerplatestock phraseproverbialism