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Meaning of platitude

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

platitude

Pronunciation:/ˈplatɪtjuːd//ˈplætɪt(j)ud/

noun

Definitions

  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.

Sources:https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/platitude

Related words

clichebanalitycommonplacebromideclichétruismtopiccatchword