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cliché
[ klee-shey, kli- ]
noun
- a trite, stereotyped expression; a sentence or phrase, usually expressing a popular or common thought or idea, that has lost originality, ingenuity, and impact by long overuse, as sadder but wiser, or strong as an ox.
Synonyms: commonplace, stereotype, bromide, platitude
- (in art, literature, drama, etc.) a trite or hackneyed plot, character development, use of color, musical expression, etc.
- anything that has become trite or commonplace through overuse.
- British Printing.
- a stereotype or electrotype plate.
- a reproduction made in a like manner.
adjective
- trite; hackneyed; stereotyped; clichéd.
cliché
/ ˈkliːʃeɪ /
noun
- a word or expression that has lost much of its force through overexposure, as for example the phrase
it's got to get worse before it gets better
- an idea, action, or habit that has become trite from overuse
- printing a stereotype or electrotype plate
cliché
- A much used expression that has lost its freshness and descriptive power. Some clichés are “I thank you from the bottom of my heart” and “It's only a drop in the bucket.”
Derived Forms
- ˈclichéd, adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of cliché1
Word History and Origins
Origin of cliché1
Example Sentences
Normally, the idea that a work is “timeless” is both praise and empty cliche.
Or maybe both cultures got off on a glorious combination of cliche and novelty, even if they disagreed on which was which.
I'm not sure that artist-chosen shows are of that much curatorial or art-historical use, and anyway they've become a cliche.
This is a very different situation that cannot be wished away by an increasingly cliche-ridden "moral defense of capitalism."
I realize how cliche and seemingly insufficient that sounds.
Von Schlichten described the situation succinctly, in an ancient and unprintable military cliche.
The beautiful casts of the French medals known to all electrotypers as Cliche moulds are in the alloy No. 3.
As the cliche goes, "With enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow."
First, Engraved plate or Cliche representing the ornament with which the edge is to be decorated.
Apart from the comfortable cliche in which she was seen enfolded, Sanchia pleased the eye.
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