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Banality   /bənˈælɪti/   Listen
Banality

noun
(pl. banalities)
1.
A trite or obvious remark.  Synonyms: bromide, cliche, commonplace, platitude.





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"Banality" Quotes from Famous Books



... away from the pretty velvet suit; he scorned the monk's robes that were too redolent of former wearers; he rejected the hot livery of a Russian mujik; he flouted the banality of the ...
— The Fortieth Door • Mary Hastings Bradley
... life." With all these advantages, and all the world open to them in newspapers and in books, they ought to be the leaders and stimulators of the best conversation. With them it should never drop down to the too-common flatness and banality. Women have made this world one of the most beautiful places of residence to be conceived. They might make it one ...
— Baddeck and That Sort of Thing • Charles Dudley Warner


Words linked to "Banality" :   platitude, commonplace, cliche, bromide, input, comment, truism, remark, banal


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