English Explanatory Dictionary

platitudinize

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

platitudinize platitudinizes platitudinizing platitudinized platitudise

Etymology

From platitude + -in- + -ize.

Synonyms

trivialize

Derived words

platitudinization platitudinizer
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