Meaning of platitudinize | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To utter one or more platitudes; to make obvious, trivial, or clichéd remarks concerning a topic.
   intransitive
2. To express as or reduce to one or more clichés or truisms.
   transitive

Examples

“He does not attempt⟳ lofty flights of eloquence or try⟳ to disguise thought under ponderous platitudinising sentences.”

“If we keep⟳ our knowledge strictly to ourselves we know⟳ exactly how we stand⟳, and that if there has been any leakage, it had been from some other source. But I need⟳ not platitudinize to an experienced and learned counsel.”

“The people in this show⟳ don't talk⟳ like⟳ normal people—they lecture⟳, they argue⟳, they negotiate⟳, they strategize, they philosophize, they platitudinize, they deliver⟳ speeches about destiny, liberty, and bravery.”

“Mendelssohn had misunderstood, platitudinized, and misinterpreted the holy concept of revelation.”

““It's better to have⟳ to struggle⟳ when you're young, I think⟳, than when you're older,” she platitudinized.”

“A modern campaign, not just in America, is so fine-tuned, so honed and platitudinised, that mistakes are the only way of bringing it into focus⟳.”

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