platitude synonyms

platitude

n.

  1. A trite expression

    cliché, truism, proverb, triviality; see cliché, motto, proverb.

  2. Triteness

    flatness, boredom, evenness; see dullness 1, monotony 1. See syn. study at cliché.

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