a superficial remark, especially one offered as meaningful
a trite or obvious remark
SYN - banality, bromide, cliche, commonplace
"He would always offer up these platitudes and think that he was some sort of genius because of it -- little did he know how much people laughed at him behind his back."
"He was sure that he missed nothing by tuning her out for a minute most likely she had just said another platitude."
"The progress of the conversation was held back by the various platitudes that were contributed by the philistine observers."
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