Platitude

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A trite or banal remark or statement, especially one expressed as if it were original or significant. See Synonyms at cliché.
  • n. Lack of originality; triteness.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An often-quoted saying that is supposed to be meaningful but has become unoriginal or hackneyed through overuse; a cliché.
  • n. Unoriginality; triteness.
  • n. A claim that is trivially true, to the point of being uninteresting.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The quality or state of being flat, thin, or insipid; flat commonness; triteness; staleness of ideas of language.
  • n. A thought or remark which is flat, dull, trite, or weak; a truism; a commonplace.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Flatness; dullness; insipidity of thought; triteness.
  • n. A trite, dull, or stupid remark; especially, such a remark uttered as if it were a novelty; a truism.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a trite or obvious remark
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    input    truism    remark    comment   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    triteness    truism    commonplace    saying    cliché   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    twaddle    nonsense    maxim    doggerel    aphorism   
     
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