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单词 platitudinarianism
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platitudinarianismn.

Brit. /ˌplatᵻˌtjuːdᵻˈnɛːrɪənɪz(ə)m/, /ˌplatᵻˌtʃuːdᵻˈnɛːrɪənɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈˌplædəˌt(j)udnˈɛriəˌnɪz(ə)m/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: platitudinarian adj., -ism suffix.
Etymology: < either platitudinarian adj. or platitudinarian n. + -ism suffix. Compare earlier platitudinism n., platitudinousness n.
The quality of being banal; the tendency to use platitudes.In quot. 1873: a platitude.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > weakness or feebleness > [noun] > dullness > use of platitudes > common habit of
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1873 Times 4 Sept. 7/2 There is the duty of abstaining from bothering your neighbours with remarks about the weather, or platitudinarianisms upon things in general.
1876 Galaxy Nov. 719/2 If he is swamped in the seas of platitudinarianism, it is possible that his predecessors..may have been better than we thought them.
1892 Academy 23 Jan. 84/2 One of the most tiresome of the minor faults to which novelists are liable is platitudinarianism.
1925 Times 22 Apr. 12/2 My only grievance against him is what I may call his platitudinarianism.
1992 Toronto Star (Nexis) 7 Nov. k13 It is this wishful criticism, this warm platitudinarianism, that may be the key to Rybczynski's popularity.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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