idée reçue

French

Pronunciation

• IPA: iˈde rəˈsu

Noun

idée reçue f. (plural idées reçues)

1. A received, or accepted, idea.
2. A catchphrase or platitude.
   • 1870s. Gustave Flaubert, Le Dictionnaire des Idées Reçues

     (Used it for catchphrases and platitudes that were often of a paradoxical and insipid nature.)