idée reçue

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French idée reçue.

Noun

idée reçue (plural idées reçues)

A received, or accepted, idea.

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /i.de ʁ(ə).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.)

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