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
Prejudices Today: Can recite political platitudes and career ambitions with ease.
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Alex Baia, The New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2024
Nathanson plumps the story with platitudes and moments that could lead to, well, more franchising.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Dec. 2024
So Nandor sits down with Guillermo and attempts to sympathize with him, while Colin offers empty platitudes better suited to a coffee mug.
—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
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Alex Baia, The New Yorker, 19 Dec. 2024
Nathanson plumps the story with platitudes and moments that could lead to, well, more franchising.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Dec. 2024
So Nandor sits down with Guillermo and attempts to sympathize with him, while Colin offers empty platitudes better suited to a coffee mug.
—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
See all Example Sentences for platitude
Recent Examples of Synonyms for platitude
Noun
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In a locker room, cliches about teamwork and selflessness often fly around like the practice jerseys that are wadded up and tossed into massive piles atop rolling carts.—
David Aldridge,
The Athletic,
29 Dec. 2024
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Staying in 🎄 This year’s roster of Hallmark’s Countdown to Christmas movies includes an NFL partnership and films that poke fun at the genre’s cliches.—
Hunter Clauss,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Dec. 2024
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
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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 9 Feb. 2025.
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