cliché — meaning in English

English meaning

• cliché noun A phrase or idea that has been used so often it no longer has any force or freshness.
• truism noun A self-evident or obvious truth.

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.]
• truism A banality or cliché.

cliché — full definition

1. noun A phrase or idea that has been used so often it no longer has any force or freshness.
2. noun A situation, character or feature so predictable that it feels stale.
3. adjective So overused as to have lost its impact. Often written clichéd.

truism — full definition

1. noun A self-evident or obvious truth.
2. noun A banality or cliché.

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