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banality

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ba·nal·i·ty  (b-nl-t, b-)
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.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.banalitybanality - 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, triviality, vapidity, triteness
noun 2. cliché, commonplace, platitude, truism, bromide (informal) trite phrase
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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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