platitude
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈplætɪtjuːd/, /ˈplætɪtuːd/
platitude (plural platitudes)
- An often-quoted saying that is supposed to be meaningful but has become unoriginal or hackneyed through overuse; a cliché.
- Unoriginality; triteness.
- A claim that is trivially true, to the point of being uninteresting.
- cliché
- See also Thesaurus:saying
- French: platitude
- German: Plattitüde
- Italian: luogo comune
- Portuguese: platitude, clichê, chavão, lugar-comum
- Russian: изби́тая фра́за
- Spanish: perogrullada, tópico, lugar común
- German: Plattitüde
- Italian: banalità
- Portuguese: platitude, banalidade
- Russian: бана́льность
- Spanish: obviedad, trivialidad
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