Platitude (noun)
platitude [plat-i-tood, -tyood]
noun
1. a flat, dull, or trite remark, especially one uttered as if it were fresh or profound.
2. the quality or state of being flat, dull, or trite: the platitude of most political oratory.
Can be confused
plaudit.
Synonyms
1. cliché, truism.
Origin: 1805-15; < French: literally, flatness, equivalent to plat flat (see plate1) + -itude, as in French latitude, altitude, magnitude, etc.
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platitude [plat-i-tood, -tyood]
noun
1. a flat, dull, or trite remark, especially one uttered as if it were fresh or profound.
2. the quality or state of being flat, dull, or trite: the platitude of most political oratory.
Can be confused
plaudit.
Synonyms
1. cliché, truism.
Origin: 1805-15; < French: literally, flatness, equivalent to plat flat (see plate1) + -itude, as in French latitude, altitude, magnitude, etc.
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