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| ==Origin== | | ==Origin== |
| French, [[literally]], printer's [[stereotype]], from past participle of ''clicher'' to stereotype, of [[imitative]] [[origin]] | | French, [[literally]], printer's [[stereotype]], from past participle of ''clicher'' to stereotype, of [[imitative]] [[origin]] |
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− | The [[word]] is borrowed from French. In [[printing]], a cliché was a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing_plate printing plate] cast from movable type. This is also called a [[stereotype]]. When [[letters]] were set one at a time, it made sense to cast a phrase used repeatedly as a single slug of metal. "Cliché" came to mean such a ready-made phrase. The French word “cliché” is said to come from the sound made when the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrix_(printing) matrix] is dropped into molten metal to make a printing plate, though some [[authorities]] express [[doubt]]. | + | The [[word]] is borrowed from French. In [[printing]], a cliché was a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printing_plate printing plate] cast from movable type. This is also called a [[stereotype]]. When [[letters]] were set one at a time, it made sense to cast a phrase used repeatedly as a single slug of metal. "Cliché" came to mean such a ready-made phrase. The French word “cliché” is said to come from the sound made when the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrix_(printing) matrix] is dropped into molten metal to make a printing plate, though some [[authorities]] express [[doubt]]. |
| ==Definitions== | | ==Definitions== |
| *1: a trite phrase or [[expression]]; also : the [[idea]] [[expressed]] by it | | *1: a trite phrase or [[expression]]; also : the [[idea]] [[expressed]] by it |
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| A '''cliché''' or '''cliche''' (pronounced UK: /ˈkliːʃeɪ/, US: /klɪˈʃeɪ/) is an [[expression]], idea, or element of an artistic [[work]] which has been overused to the point of losing its [[original]] [[meaning]] or [[effect]], rendering it a [[stereotype]], especially when at some earlier time it was considered meaningful or novel. In phraseology, the term has taken on a more [[technical]] [[meaning]], referring to any expression imposed by conventionalized [[linguistic]] usage. The term is frequently used in [[modern]] [[culture]] for an [[action]] or [[idea]] which is expected or [[predictable]], based on a prior [[event]]. Typically a pejorative, "clichés" are not always false or inaccurate; a cliché may or may not be true. Some are stereotypes, but some are simply truisms and [[facts]]. Clichés are often for [[comic]] [[effect]], typically in [[fiction]]. | | A '''cliché''' or '''cliche''' (pronounced UK: /ˈkliːʃeɪ/, US: /klɪˈʃeɪ/) is an [[expression]], idea, or element of an artistic [[work]] which has been overused to the point of losing its [[original]] [[meaning]] or [[effect]], rendering it a [[stereotype]], especially when at some earlier time it was considered meaningful or novel. In phraseology, the term has taken on a more [[technical]] [[meaning]], referring to any expression imposed by conventionalized [[linguistic]] usage. The term is frequently used in [[modern]] [[culture]] for an [[action]] or [[idea]] which is expected or [[predictable]], based on a prior [[event]]. Typically a pejorative, "clichés" are not always false or inaccurate; a cliché may or may not be true. Some are stereotypes, but some are simply truisms and [[facts]]. Clichés are often for [[comic]] [[effect]], typically in [[fiction]]. |
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− | Most phrases now considered clichéd were originally regarded as striking, but lost their force through overuse. In this connection, David Mason and John Frederick Nims cite a particularly harsh [[judgement]] by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvador_Dal%C3%AD Salvador Dalí]: "The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a [[poet]]; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot." | + | Most phrases now considered clichéd were originally regarded as striking, but lost their force through overuse. In this connection, David Mason and John Frederick Nims cite a particularly harsh [[judgement]] by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvador_Dal%C3%AD Salvador Dalí]: "The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a [[poet]]; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot." |
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| A cliché is often a vivid depiction of an [[abstraction]] that relies upon [[analogy]] or exaggeration for [[effect]], often drawn from everyday [[experience]]. Used sparingly, they may succeed. However, cliché in [[writing]] or [[speech]] is generally considered a mark of inexperience or unoriginality. | | A cliché is often a vivid depiction of an [[abstraction]] that relies upon [[analogy]] or exaggeration for [[effect]], often drawn from everyday [[experience]]. Used sparingly, they may succeed. However, cliché in [[writing]] or [[speech]] is generally considered a mark of inexperience or unoriginality. |
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| [[Category: Languages and Literature]] | | [[Category: Languages and Literature]] |