as in cliche
an idea or expression that has been used by many people
"blondes have more fun" is a silly platitude
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Recent Examples of platitude
The accounts team logs in right on time, and the stupid dance of platitudes that precedes every meeting at every company around the world begins.
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Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
World leaders will gather at the U.N. in September to repeat platitudes about making the world a better place.
—Nicholas Kristof, Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2025
Sharon, however, had long seen through the industry’s platitudes.
—Funmi Fetto, Vogue, 27 Aug. 2025
The United States might start to see itself as others do—self-righteous, hypocritical, futile—tire of its own platitudes and lies, and consider a change.
—Hussein Agha, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
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Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
World leaders will gather at the U.N. in September to repeat platitudes about making the world a better place.
—Nicholas Kristof, Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2025
Sharon, however, had long seen through the industry’s platitudes.
—Funmi Fetto, Vogue, 27 Aug. 2025
The United States might start to see itself as others do—self-righteous, hypocritical, futile—tire of its own platitudes and lies, and consider a change.
—Hussein Agha, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for platitude
Recent Examples of Synonyms for platitude
Noun
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Mentality is the critical factor here because, as the cliche goes, the defining feature of any champion team is securing victory in the face of adversity or underperformance.—
Zak Garner-Purkis,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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The same was true of the Dutch squad, and such situations have become something of a World Cup cliche, but in 1974 this was considered novel, and a sign that the sport had become overrun by financial interests, even at international level.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
14 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Vance and Miller spoke as if this were a truism.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
20 Sep. 2025
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That truism apparently extends to Switch modders as well, at least in the case of Ryan Daly.—
Kyle Orland,
ArsTechnica,
9 Sep. 2025
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Blood testing showed a bromide level that was hundreds of times above normal.—
Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
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These letters are all like parodies of wokeness and DEI bromides.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Platitude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/platitude. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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