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platitude /ˈplatɪtjuːd /nounA remark or statement, especially one with a moral content, that has been used too often to be interesting or thoughtful: she began uttering liberal platitudes...- McDonnell's yet-to-be-delivered statement opens with self-serving platitudes and praise for the committee.
- So says The Knife, who, as their name suggests, are not a conventional band content to offer vacuous platitudes served on a diet of mediocrity.
- Gone are (some of) the moral platitudes, and in their place are actual critiques and questions.
Synonyms cliché, truism, commonplace, hackneyed/trite/banal/overworked saying, banality, old chestnut; bromide, inanity, tag Derivatives platitudinize /platɪˈtjuːdɪnʌɪz/ (also platitudinise) verb ...- This is the government which dares to platitudinise about democracy, freedom and human rights, even as it colludes in murder and terror of epic proportions.
- So, you will understand if I withdraw myself from such disgusting platitudinising.
Origin Early 19th century: from French, from plat 'flat'. Rhymes attitude, beatitude, gratitude, latitude |