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cliche

  • /kliˈʃeɪ/ US

noun cliches

  1. alternative Alternative form of cliché The snowcloneification was surely not far behind, since so many people would already have been familiar enough with this cliche of philosophy.

verb cliches · clicheing · cliched

  1. alternative Alternative form of cliché

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Closest in meaning: platitude, banality, commonplace, bromide, cliché, stereotype, exposure, layout, shot, picture, photo, photograph, snapshot, x-ray, truism, trope

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@misc{cliche_2026,
  title = {cliche},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cliche},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}