platitude
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From French, from Old French plat ‘flat’.
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[edit] Noun
platitude (plural platitudes)
- An often-quoted saying that is supposed to be meaningful but has become unoriginal or hackneyed through overuse; a cliché.
- 1918 — Algernon Blackwood, The Garden of Survival, ch XI
- Beauty, I suppose, opens the heart, extends the consciousness. It is a platitude, of course.
- 1918 — Algernon Blackwood, The Garden of Survival, ch XI
- Unoriginality; triteness.
- A claim that is trivially true, to the point of being uninteresting.
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[edit] Synonyms
- cliché
- See also Wikisaurus:saying
[edit] Translations
often-quoted saying
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triteness
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[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /plɐtiˈtydə/
[edit] Etymology
From French, from Old French plat ‘flat’.
[edit] Noun
platitude f. (plural platitudes, diminutive platituudje)