platitude

Meaning

1. (countable) An often-quoted saying that is supposed to be meaningful but has become unoriginal or hackneyed through overuse.
2. (countable) A claim that is trivially true, to the point of being uninteresting.
3. (uncountable) Flatness; lack of change, activity, or deviation.
4. (uncountable) Unoriginality; triteness.

Synonyms

commonplace

banality

cliche

truism

bromide

triteness

cliché

triviality

rhetoric

staleness

stereotype

tastelessness

trite

vapidity

cliched

empty words

hackneyed expression

set phrase

uncreativeness

banal remark

boredom

dullness

flatness

formula

insipidity

ordinary

phrase

Translations

platitude

platitude

Plattitüde

banalità

luogo comune

banalidade

cliché

perogrullada

cliché

lugar común

chavão

trivialidade

banaliteit

platitude

tópico

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈplatɪtjuːd/

Etymology

Borrowed from French platitude, from plat (“flat”).