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Definition
a commonly repeated or obvious remark made as though it was insightful or instructive
- Instead of easy platitudes like Let them eat when they want to eat and You can't hold a baby too much, she should have been telling them...Part 1 (73% in)
platitudes = commonly repeated or obvious remarks made as though they are insightful or instructive
- What word, what platitude, what comment of his had led Peter to this?Part 1 (28% in)
- What word, what platitude, what comment might have stopped him?Part 1 (28% in)
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