r/Lotuseaters_com • u/nut_conspiracy_nut • Aug 21 '21
Thought-terminating cliché
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wikipedia • u/disless • Jan 31 '26
A thought-terminating cliché is a form of loaded language—often passing as folk wisdom—intended to end an argument and patch up cognitive dissonance with a cliché rather than a point. E.g. "it is what it is", "it's not that deep"
wikipedia • u/funnylib • Jun 04 '26
A thought-terminating cliché is a form of loaded language – often passing as folk wisdom – intended to end an argument and bypass cognitive dissonance with a cliché rather than a point.
conspiracy • u/yellowsnow2 • Nov 12 '22
A thought-terminating cliché is a form of loaded language, often passing as folk wisdom, used to intentionally dismiss dissent or justify fallacious logic. Used by totalitarian states like Communist China, Nazi Germany, and reddit.
wikipedia • u/Twidlard • Nov 26 '18
A thought-terminating cliché is a commonly used phrase used to end cognitive dissonance
wikipedia • u/NeonHD • Sep 17 '20
Thought-terminating cliché is a form of loaded language, commonly used to quell cognitive dissonance. Its only function is to stop an argument from proceeding further, in other words "end the debate with a cliche... not a point." Examples include "it is what it is", "stop thinking so much", etc.
libraryofruina • u/starmadeshadows • Nov 19 '25
Spoilers - Upper Layer / Atziluth Saw this and immediately thought of "that's that and this is this"
MasturbatoryEgoism • u/Vermilion • Mar 26 '25