platitudinistn.
/ˌplatᵻˈtjuːdᵻnɪst/, /ˌplatᵻˈtʃuːdᵻnɪst/, U.S. /ˌplædəˈt(j)udn̩əst/ A person who utters or deals in platitudes; = platitudinarian n.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > weakness or feebleness > [noun] > dullness > use of platitudes > one who
platitudinarian1855
platitudinizer1888
platitudinist1905
1905 W. J. Locke Usurper xx. 243 Jasper..was not sorry when the kind-hearted platitudinist had gone.
1968 I. L. Horowitz Radicalism & Revolt against Reason v. 161 The sin of assuming automatic progress in society is the sin of platitudinists and democrats alike.
1993 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 13 Nov. 34 She has always been and remains a mediocre platitudinist whose only gift is to promote herself with the connivance of a complaisant media eager for a ready-made ‘story’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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