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cliche
noun
Reveal meaning and examples
An expression or idea used so often that it has lost freshness or force.
The editor replaced a familiar cliche with a specific image from the scene.
One display paired a photograph with a caricature that enlarged the subject's spectacles and narrowed his already long face. The caption avoided the cliche that every serious artist must be a lonely genius, since that familiar idea explained little about this particular person.