English

Noun

idée reçue ‎(plural idées reçues)

1. A received, or accepted, idea.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.de ʁə.sy/

Noun

idée reçue f ‎(plural idées reçues)

1. a received, or accepted, idea
2. 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.)