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banality|bəˈnælɪtɪ|
[ad. F. banalité, f. banal: see prec. and -ality.]
1. Anything trite or trivial; a commonplace.
1861Sala Tw. round Clock 244 That he is getting old, or that he looks remarkably young, or some equally relevant banalities. 1871Browning Balaust. 1514 The decent praise, the due regret, And each banality prescribed of old.
2. Commonplace character, triteness, triviality.
1878Dowden Stud. Lit. 394 The banality of these poetic sorrows and aspirations. 1881Saintsbury in Academy 5 Feb. 92/3 Bewitched by the absence of banality in his work. |