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platitude
What does platitude mean?
platitude (noun): a trite or obvious remark.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use platitude in a sentence?
- That is not just a platitude. I really mean it. (Tatoeba sentence #7049453 by AlanF_US, CC BY 2.0 FR)
How do you pronounce platitude?
/ˈplætɪˌtud/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does platitude come from?
Borrowed from French platitude, from plat (“flat”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of platitude?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
Test yourself: do you know “platitude”?
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What does “platitude” mean?
unhappiness or discontent
Not quite: that's what dissatisfaction means.
a trite or obvious remark
Right! That's what “platitude” means.
a point of view, an angle
Not quite: that's what slant means.
a critical moment in time
Not quite: that's what juncture means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “platitude”?
ordeal
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martyr
Not quite: martyr means something else.
trance
Not quite: trance means something else.
cliche
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