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Webster 1913 Edition


Banality

Ba-nal′i-ty

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Banalities
.
[F.
banalité
. See
Banal
.]
Something commonplace, hackneyed, or trivial; the commonplace, in speech.
The highest things were thus brought down to the
banalities
of discourse.
J. Morley.

Definition 2024


banality

banality

English

Noun

banality (plural banalities)

  1. (uncountable) The quality of being banal.
  2. (countable) Something which is banal.

Synonyms

Related terms

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  • banal

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External links

  • banality in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • banality in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911