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Definition of Cliché
1. Noun. A trite or obvious remark.
Generic synonyms: Comment, Input, Remark, Truism
Derivative terms: Banal, Commonplace, Platitudinous
Definition of Cliché
1. Noun. (informal form of cliché) ¹
2. Noun. Something, most often a phrase or expression, that is overused or used outside its original context, so that its original impact and meaning are lost. A trite saying; a platitude. (defdate from 19th c.) ¹
3. Noun. (printing) A stereotype (printing plate). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cliché
1. a trite expression [n -S] : CLICHED [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cliché
Literary usage of Cliché
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Amateur Photographer (1891)
"CLICHE—The impression or cast formed by plunging a die into metal or other
substances in a state of fusion—a matrix. Photographically, negatives and moulds ..."
2. Chemical Experiments: Illustrating the Theory, Practice, and Application of by George William Francis (1850)
"Napoleon, or En cliche medals.— These are made of the above-mentioned alloys,
that given as Newton's alloy, and which is called in France, ..."
3. Internet and Society in Latin America and the Caribbean by Marcelo Bonilla (2004)
"... development Marcelo Bonilla and Gilles Cliche 1 he Internet is a tool and a
language, and as such it constitutes a new system and form of producing, ..."
4. Holyoke in the Great War by Charles Sumner Zack (1919)
"Top row (left to right; Thomas Kennedy, William R. Stapley, Alfred Cliche; second
row—John J. Sullivan, AG Ducharme, George A. Plouffe; third row—Henry P. ..."
5. Joseph Csáky: A Pioneer of Modern Sculpture by Edith Balas (1998)
"Paris cliche, L. Rosenberg. 60 Fig- 35- Joseph Csaky. Personnages, 1922. ...
Paris cliche, L. Rosenberg. 70 Fig. 42. Joseph Csaky. Cubist Head, 1920. ..."
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