platitude in English

noun

1

a 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

synonyms: cliché, truism, commonplace, banality, old chestnut, bromide, inanity, banal/trite/hackneyed/stock phrase

noun

• cliché, truism, commonplace, banality, old chestnut, bromide, inanity, banal/trite/hackneyed/stock phrase
• commonplace, banality, cliche, bromide

Use "platitude" in a sentence

1. 16 Zhou Hongxiang: It's a platitude.

2. 21 But this is just a reassuring platitude.

3. 17 It's no more than a platitude.

4. 22 I am the champion of the platitude.

5. 18 Business management, this is the topic of a platitude.

6. 19 The talk is no more than a platitude.

7. This was such a mere platitude go without saying.

8. 15 This was such a mere platitude go without saying.

9. 20 This is a platitude, but also the most important.

10. 30 That at least some of them do so is a platitude.

11. Synonyms for Banality include cliche, cliché, platitude, truism, bromide, trope, commonplace, shibboleth, homily and groaner

12. 14 I sense his slighted dignity and mouth some platitude about boys being boys the world over.

13. 11 That is more than just a platitude from a guy who really would rather have been anywhere else.

14. The secret of their power is their insensibility to blows; tickle them with a Bludgeon and they laugh with a platitude

15. 25 If she had neutered the quick of mystery in platitude before, she was smothering it with symbols now.

16. Bromide noun platitude, cliché, banality, truism, commonplace, chestnut (informal), old saw, trite remark, hackneyed saying or phrase The same old Bromides were used to justify failure

17. Banality: 1 n a trite or obvious remark Synonyms: bromide , cliche , commonplace , platitude Type of: comment , input , remark a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information truism an obvious truth