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
So Nandor sits down with Guillermo and attempts to sympathize with him, while Colin offers empty platitudes better suited to a coffee mug.
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Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 16 Dec. 2024
Related article Enron Fast Facts The site is packed with the kind of stock art and benign corporate platitudes that lend it credibility.
—Allison Morrow, CNN, 2 Dec. 2024
Third, your motivation is assumed as seeking ego-boosting platitudes and simply is intended to stoke your self-image.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
Her tenure in the U.S. Senate was marked by support for standard-issue progressive platitudes.
—Steven Greenhut, Orange County Register, 15 Nov. 2024
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Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 16 Dec. 2024
Related article Enron Fast Facts The site is packed with the kind of stock art and benign corporate platitudes that lend it credibility.
—Allison Morrow, CNN, 2 Dec. 2024
Third, your motivation is assumed as seeking ego-boosting platitudes and simply is intended to stoke your self-image.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
Her tenure in the U.S. Senate was marked by support for standard-issue progressive platitudes.
—Steven Greenhut, Orange County Register, 15 Nov. 2024
See all Example Sentences for platitude
Recent Examples of Synonyms for platitude
Noun
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For Butler and the Heat the relationship has devolved to the seeming point of cliche.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
22 Jan. 2025
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On campus, Landow’s impact has gone beyond the bigger, stronger, faster cliches attached to most strength coaches.—
Pete Sampson,
The Athletic,
19 Jan. 2025
Noun
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This has been a truism around the Bulls since the organization drafted him in 2020.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Jan. 2025
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That said, there are guideposts and truisms that will give many savers a good shot at getting it right, experts said.—
Greg Iacurci,
CNBC,
9 Jan. 2025
Noun
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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 1 Feb. 2025.
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