Platitude
[plat-i-tood, -tyood] /ˈplæt ɪˌtud, -ˌtyud/
noun
1.
a flat, dull, or trite remark, especially one uttered as if it were fresh or profound.
2.
the quality or state of being flat, dull, or trite:
the platitude of most political oratory.
/ˈplætɪˌtjuːd/
noun
1.
a trite, dull, or obvious remark or statement; a commonplace
2.
staleness or insipidity of thought or language; triteness
n.
1812, “dullness,” from French platitude “flatness, vapidness” (late 17c.), from Old French plat “flat” (see plateau (n.)); formed on analogy of latitude, etc. Meaning “a flat, dull, or commonplace remark” is recorded from 1815. Related: Platitudinous. Hence platitudinarian (n.), 1855; platitudinize (1867).
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