platitude
platitude
englantilatteus
Synonyymisanakirja
platitude
huomautus, kommentti, palaute, latteus, klisee, itsestäänselvyys, kulunut sanonta, trivialiteetti, truismi.
Rimmaavat sanat
platitude rimmaa näiden kanssa:
haude, vesihaude, laude, cum laude, kude, matonkude, kuviokude, lude, linssilude, typpylude...
Englannin sanakirja
platitude (englanti > suomi)
platitude englanniksi
An often-quoted saying that is supposed to be meaningful but has become unoriginal or hackneyed through overuse; a cliché.
1918 — w:Algernon Blackwood|Algernon Blackwood, s:The Garden of Survival|The Garden of Survival, ch XI
(quote-book) and women can tell them what they can't tell other men. And Ivor, suddenly cheered by laughing at his absurd platitudes, and finding himself by the door, was going from the room.
A claim that is trivially true, to the point of being uninteresting.
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