platitudinize

American  

[plat-i-tood-n-ahyz, -tyood-] / ˌplæt ɪˈtud n aɪz, -ˈtjud- /

especially British, platitudinise

verb (used without object)

platitudinizes, present (3rd person singular) platitudinized, past participle, past platitudinizing present participle

1. to utter platitudes.

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platitudinize British  

/ ˌplætɪˈtjuːdɪˌnaɪz /

verb

1. (intr) to speak or write in platitudes

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• platitudinization
  noun
• platitudinizer
  noun

Inflected Forms

Participles

• platitudinizing
  present
• platitudinized
  past

Conjugated Forms

Present

• platitudinize
  simple
• platitudinizes
  simple
• have platitudinized
  perfect
• has platitudinized
  perfect
• am platitudinizing
  progressive
• are platitudinizing
  progressive
• is platitudinizing
  progressive
• have been platitudinizing
  perfect progressive
• has been platitudinizing
  perfect progressive

Past

• platitudinized
  simple
• had platitudinized
  perfect
• was platitudinizing
  progressive
• were platitudinizing
  progressive
• had been platitudinizing
  perfect progressive

Future

• will platitudinize
  simple
• will have platitudinized
  perfect
• will be platitudinizing
  progressive
• will have been platitudinizing
  perfect progressive

Etymology

Origin of platitudinize

First recorded in 1880–85; platitudin(ous) + -ize

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

platitudinizing

"A Hoosier Holiday" is far more illuminating, despite its platitudinizing.

From A Book of Prefaces by Mencken, H. L. (Henry Louis)

Aspiring socially, she was reserved, pedantic, platitudinizing, thoroughly self-sufficient.

From Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness by Carroll, Robert S.