Related Words for platitude

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cliche
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Noun, Noun
commonplace
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Noun, Noun
banality
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Noun, Noun
bromide
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Noun, Noun
truism
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Noun
trite
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Adjective
aphorism
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Noun
tautology
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Noun
hackneyed
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Adjective
vacuous
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Adjective
meaningless
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Adjective
anodyne
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Noun
mantra
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Noun
tautological
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Adjective
maxim
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Noun
glib
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Noun
phrase
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Noun
rhetoric
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Noun
boilerplate
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Noun
nonsense
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Noun
vapid
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Adjective
insincere
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Adjective
fatuous
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Adjective
axiom
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Noun
buzzword
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Noun
adage
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Noun
formulaic
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Adjective
catchphrase
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Noun
saccharine
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Noun
prosaic
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Adjective
hyperbole
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Noun
corny
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Noun
slogan
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Noun
generalities
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Noun
epigram
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Noun
sophistry
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Noun
triviality
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Noun
sanctimonious
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Adjective
falsehood
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Noun
dogma
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Noun
inane
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Noun
rhetorical
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Adjective
insipid
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Adjective
euphemism
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Noun
verbiage
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Noun
originality
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Noun
plainness
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Noun
boredom
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Noun
flatness
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Noun
sameness
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Noun
vacuity
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Noun
monotony
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Noun
stupidity
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Noun
stupid
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Adjective
tedium
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Noun
languor
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Noun
plenitude
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Noun
idleness
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Noun
levity
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Noun
profanity
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Noun
brevity
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Noun
vague
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Adjective
futility
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Noun
mouthing
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Verb
hoary
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Adjective
pious
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Adjective
echo
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Noun
mere
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Adjective
uttering
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Verb
paradox
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Noun
comforting
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Adjective
prose
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Noun
sounds
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Verb
sentimental
xx/x
Adjective
passage
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Noun
something
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Noun
state
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Verb
statement
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Noun
truth
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Noun
assert
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Verb
repeating
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Verb
force
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Verb
say
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Verb
sheer
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Adjective
obvious
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Adjective
nothing
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Noun
sort
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Noun
familiar
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Adjective
kind
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Noun
moral
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Adjective
apparent
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Adjective
liberal
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Adjective
prove
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Verb
become
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Verb
enormous
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Adjective
seems
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Verb
cant
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
cliché
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
conventionality
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Noun
expression
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Noun
pretense
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Noun
topic
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Noun, Adjective
watchword
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Noun
literally
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Adverb
milestone
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Noun, Verb
sorta
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Adverb
no
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Noun, Adverb, Adjective
tell
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Verb, Noun
anymore
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Adverb
collocation
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Noun
vernacular
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Noun, Adjective
chunk
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Noun, Verb
standard
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Adjective, Noun
cluster
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Noun, Verb
dialect
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Noun