platitude (noun)

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• platitude — noun absence of meaning, banality, cliche, commonplace expression, commonplace idea, commonplace phrase, dearth of ideas, dull comment, flat saying, hackneyed expression, hackneyed idea, hackneyed phrase, hackneyed saying, inanity, insipid remark …   Law dictionary

• platitude — ► NOUN ▪ a remark or statement that has been used too often to be interesting or thoughtful. DERIVATIVES platitudinize (also platitudinise) verb platitudinous adjective. ORIGIN French, from plat flat …   English terms dictionary

• platitude — noun /ˈplætɪtjuːd,ˈplætɪtuːd/ a) An often quoted saying that is supposed to be meaningful but has become unoriginal or hackneyed through overuse; a cliché. Beauty, I suppose, opens the heart, extends the consciousness. It is a platitude, of… …   Wiktionary

• platitude — noun Etymology: French, from plat flat, dull Date: 1812 1. the quality or state of being dull or insipid 2. a banal, trite, or stale remark …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• platitude — noun (C) a statement that has been made many times before and is not interesting or clever: a typical politician s speech, full of platitudes platitudinous adjective …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• platitude — noun boring us with his platitudes Syn: cliché, truism, commonplace, banality, old chestnut, bromide, inanity, banal/trite/hackneyed/stock phrase …   Thesaurus of popular words

• platitude — UK [ˈplætɪtjuːd] / US [ˈplætɪˌtud] noun [countable] Word forms platitude : singular platitude plural platitudes something that has been said so often that it is no longer interesting and shows a lack of imagination Local people are tired of… …   English dictionary

• platitude — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. commonplace, cliché, truism, banality, maxim. See unmeaningness. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A trite expression] Syn. Cliché, truism, proverb, triviality; see cliché , motto , proverb . 2. [Triteness] Syn …   English dictionary for students

• platitude — plat|i|tude [ plætı,tud ] noun count something that has been said so often that it is not interesting anymore and shows a lack of imagination: The conversation between the two leaders went beyond platitudes and got into real issues. ╾… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• platitude — [ platɪtju:d] noun a trite, obvious, or insincere remark or statement. Derivatives platitudinize or platitudinise verb platitudinous adjective Origin C19: from Fr., from plat flat …   English new terms dictionary

• platitude — [ˈplætɪˌtjuːd] noun [C] something that has been said so often that it is no longer interesting and shows a lack of imagination …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English