The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word PLATITUDES
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What does PLATITUDES mean?
PLATITUDES noun- An often-quoted saying that is supposed to be meaningful but has become unoriginal or hackneyed through overuse; a cliché.
- A claim that is trivially true, to the point of being uninteresting.
- Flatness.
- Unoriginality; triteness.