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Meaning of poncif | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

An unoriginal or uninspired idea; a cliché.

literary, rare

Equivalents

Français poncif poncif

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.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

ponciness Poncy pond pond apple pond cypress pond damselfly

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