platitude
Example Sentences
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Most discourse on Islam among non-Muslims is driven by reductive platitudes.
As the platitude goes, the cost of community is convenience.
From MarketWatch
The idea that just-war teaching is no more than a collection of pie-in-the-sky platitudes is a dangerous oversimplification, however much it may seem that way from some of the religious commentary on war.
“If I Don’t Return” mostly steers clear of platitudes, a professional hazard for any career military officer.
Mr. James has compiled his own self-help manifesto, one that strays into platitudes.
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