banality

ba·nal·i·ty (b

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n. pl. ba·nal·i·ties

1. The condition or quality of being banal; triviality: The banality of the speaker's remarks put the audience to sleep.

2. Something that is trite, obvious, or predictable; a commonplace: Television commercials are full of banalities.

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Noun

banality - a trite or obvious remark

cliche, commonplace, platitude, bromide

comment, remark, input - a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information; "from time to time she contributed a personal comment on his account"

truism - an obvious truth

banality

noun

1. unoriginality, predictability, dullness, ordinariness, triviality, staleness, vapidity, triteness the banality of life

2. cliché, commonplace, platitude, truism, bromide (informal), old chestnut, stock phrase, trite phrase His ability to utter banalities never ceased to amaze me.

Translations

banality [bəˈnælɪtɪ] N → banalidad f

banality [bəˈnælɪti] n

(= banal nature) [remark, conversation, question, idea] → banalité f

(= banal remark) → banalité f

banality

n → Banalität f

banality [bəˈnælɪtɪ] n → banalità f inv

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My friends pursued their course with uneventfulness; they had no longer any surprises for me, and when I met them I knew pretty well what they would say; even their love-affairs had a tedious banality.

Moon and Sixpence by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context

Clothes, slight figure, clear-cut, thin, sun-tanned face, pose, all this was so good that it was saved from the danger of banality only by the mobile black eyes of a keenness that one doesn't meet every day in the south of France and still less in Italy.

The Arrow of Gold by Conrad, Joseph View in context

It was here, then, I thought, looking round at that plot of ground of deplorable banality, that their acquaintance will begin and go on in the exchange of generous indignations and of extreme sentiments, too poignant, perhaps, for a non-Russian mind to conceive.

Under Western Eyes by Conrad, Joseph View in context

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