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A platitude is a trite, meaningless, or prosaic statement, often used as a thought-terminating cliché, aimed at quelling social, emotional, or cognitive unease. The statement may be true, but its meaning has been lost due to its excessive use. Platitudes have been criticized as giving a false impression of wisdom, making it easy to accept falsehoods:

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  • Platitude (en)
  • Plattitüde (de)
  • Plattityd (sv)
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  • Plattitüde (in der alten Schreibweise Platitüde) bezeichnet eine abgedroschene Redewendung oder eine belanglose Aussage. Das Wort ist vom französischen Substantiv platitude entlehnt, abgeleitet vom Adjektiv plat („platt“, „flach“; im übertragenen Sinne „banal“). In der deutschen Sprache wird es als gehobener Ausdruck für einen Gemeinplatz oder eine Binsenweisheit verwendet. (de)
  • Plattityd, ett intetsägande påstående, som ibland är en kliché. Det är i allmänhet inte falsifierbart. Ett (fingerat) exempel från politiken skulle kunna vara: ”Vårt parti värnar om pensionärernas bästa.” Det är en plattityd, eftersom man har svårt att tänka sig motsatsen, exempelvis att ett annat parti skulle framföra att man inte värnar om pensionärernas bästa. Denna typ av plattityd är vanlig, men inte alltid lätt att omedelbart genomskåda. Plattityder är vanligt i offentligheten, bland annat i politik och sport. (sv)
  • A platitude is a trite, meaningless, or prosaic statement, often used as a thought-terminating cliché, aimed at quelling social, emotional, or cognitive unease. The statement may be true, but its meaning has been lost due to its excessive use. Platitudes have been criticized as giving a false impression of wisdom, making it easy to accept falsehoods: (en)
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  • Plattitüde (in der alten Schreibweise Platitüde) bezeichnet eine abgedroschene Redewendung oder eine belanglose Aussage. Das Wort ist vom französischen Substantiv platitude entlehnt, abgeleitet vom Adjektiv plat („platt“, „flach“; im übertragenen Sinne „banal“). In der deutschen Sprache wird es als gehobener Ausdruck für einen Gemeinplatz oder eine Binsenweisheit verwendet. (de)
  • A platitude is a trite, meaningless, or prosaic statement, often used as a thought-terminating cliché, aimed at quelling social, emotional, or cognitive unease. The statement may be true, but its meaning has been lost due to its excessive use. Platitudes have been criticized as giving a false impression of wisdom, making it easy to accept falsehoods: A platitude is even worse than a cliché. It’s a sanctimonious cliché, a statement that is not only old and overused but often moralistic and imperious. ... [P]latitudes have an aphoristic quality, they seem like timeless moral lessons. They therefore shape our view of the world, and can lull us into accepting things that are actually false and foolish. Platitudes often take the form of tautologies, e.g., "it is what it is", making them appear vacuously true. But the phrase is used to mean "there is no way of changing it", which is no longer a tautology: "Structuring the sentiment as a tautology allows it to appear inescapable." At the same time, some phrases that have become platitudes may provide useful moral guidance, such as "do unto others as you would have them do unto you". Others, though widely trivialized, may be thought-provoking, such as "Be the change you wish to see in the world". (en)
  • Plattityd, ett intetsägande påstående, som ibland är en kliché. Det är i allmänhet inte falsifierbart. Ett (fingerat) exempel från politiken skulle kunna vara: ”Vårt parti värnar om pensionärernas bästa.” Det är en plattityd, eftersom man har svårt att tänka sig motsatsen, exempelvis att ett annat parti skulle framföra att man inte värnar om pensionärernas bästa. Denna typ av plattityd är vanlig, men inte alltid lätt att omedelbart genomskåda. Plattityder är vanligt i offentligheten, bland annat i politik och sport. (sv)
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