Meaning of poncif | Babel Free

Definitions

An unoriginal or uninspired idea; a cliché.

literary, rare

Examples

“This hope is based on an optimistic view that human beings are capable of understanding their culture, naïvely, if their minds have not been corrupted by the poncifs of fashion, the superficiality of the juste-milieu, or the kind of art which falsifies the conditions of life.”

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