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Cliché. A cliché (UK: / ˈkliːʃeɪ / or US: / kliːˈʃeɪ /; French: [kliʃe]) is a saying, idea, or element of an artistic work that has become overused to the point of losing its original meaning, novelty, or figurative or artistic power, even to the point of now being bland or uninteresting. [1] In phraseology, the term has taken on a ...
Thought-terminating cliché. A thought-terminating cliché (also known as a semantic stop-sign, a thought-stopper, bumper sticker logic, or cliché thinking) is a form of loaded language, often passing as folk wisdom, intended to end an argument and quell cognitive dissonance. [1][2] Its function is to stop an argument from proceeding further ...
Sports film clichés. A down and out coach is offered one last shot. [ 5 ] The coach can't get along with his star player. [ 5 ] Someone doubts the protagonist's abilities, and is made to believe in them. [ 5 ] The players overcome race relations or gang violence, and are brought together by being a team. [ 5 ]
In a 1972 study, American whites were stereotyped as "materialistic and pleasure loving" when compared with Asian and African Americans. [13] In a study among college students of different races in 1982, White Americans were described as materialistic, ambitious, intelligent, conventional, industrious, and conservative.
Snowclone. A snowclone is a cliché and phrasal template that can be used and recognized in multiple variants. The term was coined in 2004, derived from journalistic clichés that referred to the number of Eskimo words for snow. [1]
Look up platitude in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A platitude is a statement that is seen as trite, meaningless, or prosaic, aimed at quelling social, emotional, or cognitive unease. [1] The statement may be true, but its meaning has been lost due to its excessive use as a thought-terminating cliché. [2]
Clique. A clique (AusE, CanE, UK: / ˈkliːk / or US: / ˈklɪk /; French: [klik]), in the social sciences, is a small group of individuals who interact with one another and share similar interests rather than include others. [1] Interacting with cliques is part of normative social development regardless of gender, ethnicity, or popularity.
Monolingualism. There is a common stereotype that the British are only able to speak English. [41][42] This has some truth to it as levels of bilingualism are relatively low, but this is also the case in the majority of English-speaking countries. [43][44][45][46][47] Additionally, the number of people who speak a language other than English as ...