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
Perhaps the fires that devastated Los Angeles in early January will take such platitudes out of circulation, at least for a little while.
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Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2025
Yet platitudes of peace collide with acute realities for Ukraine along the 600-mile front line, which buzzes with drones and the near-constant reverberations of artillery and rocket fire.
—Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Jan. 2025
But the deeper terrain of meditation is often shrouded in hazy platitudes.
—Oshan Jarow, Vox, 8 Jan. 2025
The immediate energy needs of developing countries are being sidelined in favor of long-term ideals and platitudes.
—Ariel Cohen, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
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Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2025
Yet platitudes of peace collide with acute realities for Ukraine along the 600-mile front line, which buzzes with drones and the near-constant reverberations of artillery and rocket fire.
—Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Jan. 2025
But the deeper terrain of meditation is often shrouded in hazy platitudes.
—Oshan Jarow, Vox, 8 Jan. 2025
The immediate energy needs of developing countries are being sidelined in favor of long-term ideals and platitudes.
—Ariel Cohen, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for platitude
Noun
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However, the billionaire’s use of spending cliches to justify the approach was tough to argue with.—
Zak Garner-Purkis,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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Normally, that’s one of the most overused cliches in sports.—
Jeremy Rutherford,
The Athletic,
17 Mar. 2025
Noun
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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 episode, though, underscored the truism that the papacy is a matter of general public knowledge, interest and debate here, and that speculating about the pope’s current health and who might be next is a national pastime.—
Nicole Winfield,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Feb. 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 2 Apr. 2025.
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