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   cliché

   /ˈkliːʃeɪ/

   noun

   • 1. 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’"
   • ▪ a very predictable or unoriginal thing or person: "each building is a mishmash of tired clichés"
   • 2. a stereotype or electrotype. British

   Word Origin early 19th century (in cliché (sense 2)): French, past participle (used as a noun) of clicher ‘to stereotype’.

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