Idée reçue

An idée reçue (pronounced [ide rəsy]), plural idées reçues, a French phrase literally meaning a received (accepted) idea, is a generally held opinion or concept. This term was used by Gustave Flaubert in his work Le Dictionnaire des idées reçues to refer to clichés and platitudes, most of which are as insipid as they are banal.

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