triteness

triteness
noun see trite

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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  • triteness — trite·ness || traɪtnɪs n. quality of being hackneyed, quality of being unoriginal …   English contemporary dictionary

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  • commonplace — n Commonplace, platitude, truism, bromide, cliche mean an idea or expression lacking in originality or freshness. A commonplace is a stock idea or expression which is frequently little more than the obvious, conventional, and easy thing to think… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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