单词 | platitudinarianism |
释义 | platitudinarianismn. The quality of being banal; the tendency to use platitudes.In quot. 1873: a platitude. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > weakness or feebleness > [noun] > dullness > use of platitudes > common habit of platitudinism1859 platitudinarianism1873 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). < n.1873 |
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