platitudinarian

9.9

A person who often says the same boring, worn-out phrases

noun
/ˌplætɪtjuˈdɪnəriən/

: platitudinario

The committee was dominated by a platitudinarian who repeated the same clichés at every meeting.

Examples

Tired of his reputation as a platitudinarian, Michael tried to make his speeches more original.
Many platitudinarians fail to engage their audience.
Her colleagues began to avoid her after she developed into a relentless platitudinarian.
She is such a platitudinarian in every meeting.
The lecture was dull, mainly because the speaker was a notorious platitudinarian who relied on tired phrases.
Everyone found his constant repetition of old sayings irritating, labeling him a true platitudinarian.
As a platitudinarian, she often filled her conversations with overused expressions that offered no new insights.

Synonyms

broken record

vsplatitudinarian

Offensive

14 4.9

A person who keeps saying the same thing until others get annoyed

repeats tedious obvious remarks regularly rather than only repeating one line

stuck record

vsplatitudinarian

Informal

1 7.4

A person who repeats the same thing until it becomes annoying

repeats boring predictable remarks often with no new content

Antonyms

creative thinker

1 3.6

A person who has new ideas and finds new ways to solve problems

How Trite

platitudinarian

9.9

speaker

478 2.1

creative thinker

1 3.6

Surface Forms

platitudinarian singular

platitudinarians plural

Morphology

platitudinarian = platitude (transparent) = platitude + arian

Standard agentive derivation from 'platitude' using '-arian' yields 'person who utters platitudes', so the meaning follows directly from the base.

Etymology

The word platitudinarian comes from platitude, which comes from an old root meaning 'flat', like the everyday word flat. A platitude is a 'flat' or 'boring remark' and the ending -arian means 'person', so a platitudinarian is someone who often says dull, overused remarks.