as in cliche
an idea or expression that has been used by many people
"blondes have more fun" is a silly platitude
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Recent Examples of platitude
The members simply rounded up the usual suspects of platitudes.
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Vincent Turley, Hartford Courant, 2 Mar. 2025
And Romero and his curatorial team didn’t really engage with Abramovic beyond cursory platitudes.
—Kim Córdova, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025
Who hasn’t been placated with corporate platitudes or company swag when advocating for concrete change?
—Leah Asmelash, CNN, 21 Mar. 2025
The film follows an ensemble of campers who are weary of platitudes about grief, and speak to one another from a place of radical honesty that is by turns heartbreaking and darkly hilarious, embracing irreverent humor as a cathartic means of self-expression.
—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 19 Mar. 2025
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Vincent Turley, Hartford Courant, 2 Mar. 2025
And Romero and his curatorial team didn’t really engage with Abramovic beyond cursory platitudes.
—Kim Córdova, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025
Who hasn’t been placated with corporate platitudes or company swag when advocating for concrete change?
—Leah Asmelash, CNN, 21 Mar. 2025
The film follows an ensemble of campers who are weary of platitudes about grief, and speak to one another from a place of radical honesty that is by turns heartbreaking and darkly hilarious, embracing irreverent humor as a cathartic means of self-expression.
—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 19 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for platitude
Noun
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During his two-minute tribute, Dr. Robby — who’s suffering from acute existential exhaustion on top of the day’s extra-fine grind — falls back on a handful of cliches.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
11 Apr. 2025
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The song, the first disco hit and an indelible gay anthem, here feels like a pandering cliche.—
Christian Lewis,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The President’s sweeping orders confirm the truism that political shifts test the elasticity and resilience of American democracy.—
Blake D. Morant,
Forbes.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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The truism has it that most great New York magazine editors come from away—from the West or the Midwest or across the Atlantic—and arrive with an ability to see what natives don’t.—
Nathan Heller,
The New Yorker,
15 Mar. 2025
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The two-dimensional characters communicate in bromides; Lena’s fellow privates, who suffer from the laziest defining characteristics (coarse Southern gal, proper preacher’s daughter, New Yorker), are the worst offenders.—
Vikram Murthi,
IndieWire,
6 Dec. 2024
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In place of triumph-of-the-human-spirit bromides, though, what the book delivers is its own kind of cinema, harsh and true.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
8 July 2024
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“Platitude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/platitude. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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