idée reçue
English
Etymology
From French.
Noun
idée reçue (plural idées reçues)
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i.de ʁə.sy/
Noun
idée reçue f (plural idées reçues)
- a received, or accepted, idea
- a catchphrase or platitude
- 1870s, Gustave Flaubert, Le Dictionnaire des Idées Reçues
- (Used it for catchphrases and platitudes that were often of a paradoxical and insipid nature.)
- 1870s, Gustave Flaubert, Le Dictionnaire des Idées Reçues
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