Definitions for platitude
ˈplæt ɪˌtud, -ˌtyudplat·i·tude

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. platitude, cliche, banality, commonplace, bromidenoun

   a trite or obvious remark

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. platitudenoun

   An often-quoted saying that is supposed to be meaningful but has become unoriginal or hackneyed through overuse; a cliché.

2. platitudenoun

   Unoriginality; triteness.

3. platitudenoun

   A claim that is trivially true, to the point of being uninteresting.

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1. Platitude

   ‹See Tfd› A platitude is a trite, meaningless, or prosaic statement, often used as a thought-terminating cliché, aimed at quelling social, emotional, or cognitive unease.

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1. platitude

   A platitude is a statement or remark that has been used too often to be interesting or thoughtful. It is often intended to be moral or inspirational, but due to its overuse, it has lost its original impact and can seem cliché or unoriginal.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Platitudenoun

   the quality or state of being flat, thin, or insipid; flat commonness; triteness; staleness of ideas of language

2. Platitudenoun

   a thought or remark which is flat, dull, trite, or weak; a truism; a commonplace

3. Etymology: [F., from plat flat. See Plate.]

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1. Platitude

   A platitude is a trite, meaningless, biased, or prosaic statement, often presented as if it were significant and original. The word derives from plat, the French word for "flat." Whether any given statement is considered to have meaning is highly subjective, so platitude is often—but not always—used as a pejorative term to describe seemingly profound statements that a certain person views as unoriginal or shallow. Examples of statements which could be considered platitudes could be "The power of friendship", "Go with the flow", "Everything happens for a reason", "It is what it is!", "This too shall pass.", "We need to do what we can do.", and "I know! Right?."

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Platitude

   plat′i-tūd, n. flatness: that which exhibits dullness of thought: an empty remark made as if it were important.—n. Platitudinā′rian, one who indulges in platitudes.—adj. Platitū′dinous. [Fr.,—plat, flat.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of platitude in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of platitude in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of platitude in a Sentence

1. Stanley Baldwin:

   A platitude is simply a truth repeated until people get tired of hearing it.

2. H.L. Mencken:

   Platitude an idea (a) that is admitted to be true by everyone, and (b) that is not true.

3. L. B. Walton:

   Genius might well be defined as the ability to makes a platitude sound as though it were an original remark.

4. H. L. Mencken:

   Platitude: an idea (a) that is admitted to be true by everyone, and (b) that is not true.

5. Katharine Fullerton Gerould:

   Funny how people despise platitudes, when they are usually the truest thing going. A thing has to be pretty true before it gets to be a platitude.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=platitude
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Platitude
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platitude
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/platitude
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=platitude
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=platitude