platitudo — 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.
Senses
platitudo 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.]
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.
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