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клише́ — meaning in English

klishe

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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.
  • stereotype noun An oversimplified, fixed idea about a whole group of people, often unfair or inaccurate.
  • truism noun A self-evident or obvious truth.

Senses

клише́ 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.
  • shibboleth A common or longstanding belief, custom, or catchphrase associated with a particular group, especially one with little current meaning or truth.
  • stereotype A conventional, formulaic, and often oversimplified or exaggerated conception, opinion, or image of (a person or a group of people).
  • 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.

commonplace — full definition

  1. adjective Ordinary; lacking anything unusual or noteworthy.
  2. noun A remark or idea that has become dull and predictable from overuse; a cliché.

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