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platitude
/ˈplatɪtjuːd/
noun
An often-quoted saying that is supposed to be meaningful but has become unoriginal or hackneyed through overuse; a cliché.
A claim that is trivially true, to the point of being uninteresting.
Flatness.
Synonymscliché
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