Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thought-terminating cliché

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.90 in modern English

Syllables: thought-ter-mi-nat-ing cliche
IPA

40

Scrabble Score

24

Letters

5

Syllables

14

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A commonly used phrase or piece of folk wisdom used to quell cognitive dissonance.

Etymology

Popularised by the book Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism (1961).

Inflected Forms

thought-terminating clichés (plural)

Questions

What does thought-terminating cliché mean?: A commonly used phrase or piece of folk wisdom used to quell cognitive dissonance.
Where does thought-terminating cliché come from?: Popularised by the book Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism (1961).

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