platitude
31Platitüde — Wer dauernd Endgültiges zu sagen bemüht ist, der kommt über Platitüden nicht hinaus. «Günter Grass [* 1927]; dt. Schriftsteller» …
32platitude — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. commonplace, cliché, truism, banality, maxim. See unmeaningness. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A trite expression] Syn. Cliché, truism, proverb, triviality; see cliché , motto , proverb . 2. [Triteness] Syn …
33Platitude — Pla|ti|tu|de 〈 [ ty: ] f.; Gen.: , Pl.: n〉 = Plattitüde …
34Platitüde — Pla|ti|tü|de: frühere Schreibung für ↑Plattitüde …
35platitude — plat|i|tude [ plætı,tud ] noun count something that has been said so often that it is not interesting anymore and shows a lack of imagination: The conversation between the two leaders went beyond platitudes and got into real issues. ╾… …
36Platitüde — Plattitüde …
37platitude — plat·i·tude || plætɪtuËd / tjuËd n. superficiality, state of being commonplace, banality; trite saying, cliche, dull remark …
38platitude — [ platɪtju:d] noun a trite, obvious, or insincere remark or statement. Derivatives platitudinize or platitudinise verb platitudinous adjective Origin C19: from Fr., from plat flat …
39platitude — n. 1. Insipidity, flatness, dulness, mawkishness. 2. Truism, trite remark. 3. Twaddle, verbiage, palaver, trash, chatter, stuff, fudge, nonsense, moonshine, flummery, wish wash, balderdash, jargon, senseless prate, frothy discourse, idle talk …
40platitude — noun (C) a statement that has been made many times before and is not interesting or clever: a typical politician s speech, full of platitudes platitudinous adjective …