WORD: PLATITUDE
MEANING:
1. A trite or banal remark or statement, especially one expressed as if it were original or significant. See Synonyms at cliché.
2. Lack of originality; triteness: "a passage of platitude which no critical prejudgment can force us to admire" (Edgar Allan Poe).
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. CPI(M)'s Sitaram Yechury said, "Just platitudes, slogans; nothing substantial to alleviate people's misery, growing unemployment, prices."
PRONOUNCE:
plat·i·tude - प्लैटिटूड / प्लैटिट्यूड
LINK: PLATITUDE
MEANING:
1. A trite or banal remark or statement, especially one expressed as if it were original or significant. See Synonyms at cliché.
2. Lack of originality; triteness: "a passage of platitude which no critical prejudgment can force us to admire" (Edgar Allan Poe).
EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. CPI(M)'s Sitaram Yechury said, "Just platitudes, slogans; nothing substantial to alleviate people's misery, growing unemployment, prices."
PRONOUNCE:
plat·i·tude - प्लैटिटूड / प्लैटिट्यूड
LINK: PLATITUDE
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