Definition of PLATITUDE an idea or expression that has been used by many people Synonyms banality, bromide, chestnut, cliché (
also cliche), groaner, homily, platitude, shibboleth, trope, truism Related Words conventional wisdom, party line, routine;
inanity; generality, generalization, simplification; adage, proverb, idiom, saw, saying; old wives» tale, stereotype Near Antonyms profundity
The audaciousness of science fiction and the commercial nature of the action movie are realities that RoboCop proves itself to be aware of throughout, and
also hypocritically revels in the freedoms they provide while critiquing their ills and
inanities.
On the negative, that would have
also made the film lose its only redeemable element, which is Applegate's valiant effort to give an actual performance amid all the
inanity of all the slapstick and the tedium of a forced romantic subplot between André and the gardener next door (Tara Reid).