Associations to the word «Platitude»

Wiktionary

PLATITUDE, noun. An often-quoted saying that is supposed to be meaningful but has become unoriginal or hackneyed through overuse; a cliché.
PLATITUDE, noun. Unoriginality; triteness.
PLATITUDE, noun. A claim that is trivially true, to the point of being uninteresting.

Dictionary definition

PLATITUDE, noun. A trite or obvious remark.

Wise words

Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.
Baruch Spinoza