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cli·ché
also
cliche
(kl -sh![]() )
KEY
NOUN:
ETYMOLOGY: French, past participle of clicher, to stereotype (imitative of the sound made when the matrix is dropped into molten metal to make a stereotype plate) SYNONYMS: cliché , bromide , commonplace , platitude , truism These nouns denote an expression or idea that has lost its originality or force through overuse: a short story weakened by clichés; the old bromide that we are what we eat; uttered the commonplace "welcome aboard"; a eulogy full of platitudes; a once-original thought that has become a truism.
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