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
Her tenure in the U.S. Senate was marked by support for standard-issue progressive platitudes.
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Steven Greenhut, Orange County Register, 15 Nov. 2024
That platitude won’t make any motivational posters, but the point is fair.
—Matt Gelb, The Athletic, 6 Aug. 2024
Today, vague, upbeat platitudes about future growth, delivered broadcast-style and business-wide, might turn off your best and brightest.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
Over the past few years, we’ve been inundated with warnings, predictions, and future-gazing platitudes about the transformative nature of Artificial Intelligence (AI).
—Tim Clark, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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Steven Greenhut, Orange County Register, 15 Nov. 2024
That platitude won’t make any motivational posters, but the point is fair.
—Matt Gelb, The Athletic, 6 Aug. 2024
Today, vague, upbeat platitudes about future growth, delivered broadcast-style and business-wide, might turn off your best and brightest.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
Over the past few years, we’ve been inundated with warnings, predictions, and future-gazing platitudes about the transformative nature of Artificial Intelligence (AI).
—Tim Clark, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for platitude
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According to Nate, what makes working with Marielle satisfying isn’t just her determination to avoid the cliche, but her willingness to look for the best idea up until the last possible minute.Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 3 Dec. 2024
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Of the many threadbare cliches passed down among wine lovers, the idea that white wines do not merit aging is among the most egregious.Mike DeSimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 25 Nov. 2024
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The history of wellness suggests that the best way to defuse Kennedy’s power is not by litigating each one of his beliefs, some of which are irrefutable health truisms, but by understanding why the promise of being well has such lasting appeal.Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 10 Dec. 2024
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Yet, in business, this truism is often easier said than internalized.Mark Kane, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
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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 24 Dec. 2024.
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