shibboleths

noun

Definition of shibbolethsnext
plural of shibboleth
1
as in slogans
an attention-getting word or phrase used to publicize something (as a campaign or product) we knew that their claim of giving "the best deal in town" was just a shibboleth

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2
as in cliches
an idea or expression that has been used by many people there's a lot of truth in the shibboleth that if you give some people an inch, they'll take a mile

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  1. slogans
  2. banners
  3. platitudes
  4. tropes
Noun
  • Don’t respond to slogans or emotion.
    Martin Zwilling, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
  • There’s nothing worse than when people send you slogans or platitudes.
    Ali Lerman, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2024
Definition of slogans
Noun
  • Instead, the labels and banners are trusted to make the shows.
    Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Oct. 2024
  • Walmart Connect, on the other hand, offers a broader reach to Walmart's vast customer base through various placements, including search, product pages, and homepage banners.
    Andrea Wasserman, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of banners
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  • Some sent warm platitudes, others recommended movies or sent me funny TikToks.
    Matthew Schnipper, The Atlantic, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Reeves, in establishing his masculinity think tank, has spoken about the public dearth of fatherly life-guidance—a vacuum that such manosphere denizens as Andrew Tate and Jordan Peterson, with their alarming blend of platitudes and misogyny, have come to fill for unmoored boys and men.
    Molly Fischer, The New Yorker, 1 Oct. 2024
Definition of platitudes
Noun
  • The series leads with a layer of referential humor, leaning on teen slasher-movie tropes, satanic panic lore, and familiar faces like Campbell, Camp, and Milly Shapiro, the unnerving girl from Hereditary.
    Judy Berman, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Finn does pull off a couple of effective jump-scares, and his sound mixers certainly know how to ramp up the soundtrack with all the predictable tropes of this genre, but Smile 2 gets too bogged down with the travails of its lead woman under the influence.
    Pete Hammond, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2024
Definition of tropes
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“Shibboleths.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shibboleths. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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