What does "platitudinize" mean?

To utter one or more platitudes; to make obvious, trivial, or clichéd remarks concerning a topic.

What is a synonym for "platitudinize"?

Common synonyms include: prose, trivialize, trivialize.

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Verb

1
To utter one or more platitudes; to make obvious, trivial, or clichéd remarks concerning a topic. intransitive
"He does not attempt lofty flights of eloquence or try to disguise thought under ponderous platitudinising sentences."
2
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3
To express as or reduce to one or more clichés or truisms. transitive
"Mendelssohn had misunderstood, platitudinized, and misinterpreted the holy concept of revelation."

"He does not attempt lofty flights of eloquence or try to disguise thought under ponderous platitudinising sentences."

From platitude + -in- + -ize.

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