Definition of Cliche

1. Noun. A trite or obvious remark.

Exact synonyms: Banality, Bromide, Commonplace, Platitude
Generic synonyms: Comment, Input, Remark, Truism
Derivative terms: Banal, Commonplace, Platitudinous

Definition of Cliche

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 Cliche

1. a trite expression [n -S] : CLICHED [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cliche

clevis
clevis pin
clevises
clew
clew-garnet
clew-garnets
clewed
clewing
clewless
clewline
clewlines
clews
cley
cleystaff
clianthus
cliche (current term)
cliche'
cliched
clicheed
cliches
cliché-ridden
cliché-verre
clichéed
click
click-clack
click-murmur syndrome
click-through
click-throughs
click beetle
click beetles

Literary usage of Cliche

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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