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==Origin==
French, from ''plat'' flat, dull
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century 1812]
==Definitions==
*1: the [[quality]] or state of being dull or insipid
*2: a banal, trite, or stale remark
==Description==
A '''platitude''' is a trite, meaningless, [[biased]], or prosaic [[statement]], often presented as if it were significant and original. The [[word]] derives from ''plat'', the French word for "flat." Whether any given [[statement]] is considered to have [[meaning]] is highly [[subjective]], so platitude is often—but not always—used as a pejorative term to describe seemingly [[profound]] statements that a certain [[person]] views as unoriginal or shallow. Examples of statements which could be considered platitudes could be "The power of [[friendship]]", "Go with the [[flow]]", "Everything happens for a reason", "It is what it is!", "If it's meant to be, it's meant to be", and "We need to do what we can do."
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==Origin==
French, from ''plat'' flat, dull
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_century 1812]
==Definitions==
*1: the [[quality]] or state of being dull or insipid
*2: a banal, trite, or stale remark
==Description==
A '''platitude''' is a trite, meaningless, [[biased]], or prosaic [[statement]], often presented as if it were significant and original. The [[word]] derives from ''plat'', the French word for "flat." Whether any given [[statement]] is considered to have [[meaning]] is highly [[subjective]], so platitude is often—but not always—used as a pejorative term to describe seemingly [[profound]] statements that a certain [[person]] views as unoriginal or shallow. Examples of statements which could be considered platitudes could be "The power of [[friendship]]", "Go with the [[flow]]", "Everything happens for a reason", "It is what it is!", "If it's meant to be, it's meant to be", and "We need to do what we can do."
[[Category: Languages and Literature]]
