gemeenplaats — meaning in English
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English meaning
- cliché noun A phrase or idea that has been used so often it no longer has any force or freshness.
- commonplace adjective Ordinary; lacking anything unusual or noteworthy.
- truism noun A self-evident or obvious truth.
Senses
gemeenplaats is used for these senses in English:
- cliché (rhetoric) Something, most often a phrase or expression, that is overused or used outside its original context, so that its original impact and meaning are lost. A trite saying; a platitude. [from 19th c.]
- commonplace A platitude or cliché.
- truism A self-evident or obvious truth.
cliché — full definition
- noun A phrase or idea that has been used so often it no longer has any force or freshness.
- noun A situation, character or feature so predictable that it feels stale.
- adjective So overused as to have lost its impact. Often written clichéd.
commonplace — full definition
- adjective Ordinary; lacking anything unusual or noteworthy.
- noun A remark or idea that has become dull and predictable from overuse; a cliché.