cliché
noun
[ ˈkliːʃeɪ ]
• a phrase or opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought.
• "that old cliché ‘a woman's place is in the home’"
Similar:
platitude,
hackneyed phrase,
commonplace,
banality,
truism,
trite phrase,
banal phrase,
overworked phrase,
stock phrase,
bromide,
saw,
maxim,
adage,
dictum,
saying,
tag,
aphorism,
expression,
phrase,
formula,
old chestnut,
apophthegm,
• a stereotype or electrotype.
Origin:
mid 19th century: French, past participle (used as a noun) of clicher ‘to stereotype’.
