platitudise
platitudise is the alternative form of platitudinize.
Meaning of platitudinize
Verb
platitudinize (third-person singular simple present platitudinizes, present participle platitudinizing, simple past and past participle platitudinized)
- 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.1894 July 24, “An Undenominational Mission: Outspokenness in the Pulpit”, in The Age, Australia, retrieved 07 Oct 2011, page 5
- To express as or reduce to one or more clichés or truisms.
- Mendelssohn had misunderstood, platitudinized, and misinterpreted the holy concept of revelation.1842, Solomon Ludwig Steinheim, “On the Perennial and the Ephemeral in Judaism”, in Daniel H. Frank et al., editors, The Jewish Philosophy Reader, published 2000, →ISBN, page 402
Forms of platitudise
| third-person singular present | platitudises |
|---|---|
| present participle | platitudising |
| past participle | platitudised |
| past | platitudised |
Origin of platitudise
From platitude + -ise on analogy of other adjectives ending in -tudinise, from Latin -tūdin- + -ise, the oblique stem of -tūdō.
Questions about platitudise
- What is platitudise the alternative form of?
- Platitudise is the alternative form of platitudinize.
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