platitudinize
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Definition of platitudinize
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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(intransitive)To utter one or more platitudes; to make obvious, trivial, or clichéd remarks concerning a topic.
“He does not attempt lofty flights of eloquence or try to disguise thought under ponderous platitudinising sentences.”
“If we keep our knowledge strictly to ourselves we know exactly how we stand, and that if there has been any leakage, it had been from some other source. But I need not platitudinize to an experienced and learned counsel.”
“The people in this show don't talk like normal people—they lecture, they argue, they negotiate, they strategize, they philosophize, they platitudinize, they deliver speeches about destiny, liberty, and bravery.”
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verb
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(intransitive)To utter one or more platitudes; to make obvious, trivial, or clichéd remarks concerning a topic.
“He does not attempt lofty flights of eloquence or try to disguise thought under ponderous platitudinising sentences.”
“If we keep our knowledge strictly to ourselves we know exactly how we stand, and that if there has been any leakage, it had been from some other source. But I need not platitudinize to an experienced and learned counsel.”
“The people in this show don't talk like normal people—they lecture, they argue, they negotiate, they strategize, they philosophize, they platitudinize, they deliver speeches about destiny, liberty, and bravery.”
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(transitive)To express as or reduce to one or more clichés or truisms.
“Mendelssohn had misunderstood, platitudinized, and misinterpreted the holy concept of revelation.”
““It's better to have to struggle when you're young, I think, than when you're older,” she platitudinized.”
“A modern campaign, not just in America, is so fine-tuned, so honed and platitudinised, that mistakes are the only way of bringing it into focus.”
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Etymology
From platitude + -in- + -ize.
Words you can make from platitudinize
200+ playable · top: PLATINIZED (22 pts)
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22 words- PATINIZE 19 pts
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- UTILIZED 18 pts
- LATINIZE 17 pts
- APTITUDE 11 pts
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7-letter words
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