cliché — 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.
- stereotype noun An oversimplified, fixed idea about a whole group of people, often unfair or inaccurate.
Senses
cliché 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.]
- stereotype (printing) A metal printing plate cast from a matrix moulded from a raised printing surface.
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.
stereotype — full definition
- noun An oversimplified, fixed idea about a whole group of people, often unfair or inaccurate.
- verb To judge or portray someone based on an oversimplified idea of the group they belong to, rather than as an individual.