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nounA trite or obvious remark.synonyms: cliche, banality, commonplace, bromide

nounA trite or obvious remark.synonyms: platitude, cliche, commonplace, bromide

in language, one of a number of synonymous expressions often used to convey a certain meaning. The user of a cliché perceives it as a generally accepted turn of speech stipulated by the linguistic norm. Often a cliché that originated as a figurative or stylistically colored expression loses its figurativeness or stylistic coloring ...

... Cliché expert who spoke exclusively in the clichés of each subject on which he was interviewed. [Am. Lit.: Frank Sullivan columns in The New Yorker. ] See: Satire

nounA trite or obvious remark. synonyms: platitude, cliche, banality, bromideadjectiveCompletely...