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BANALITY
platitude, cliche, banality, commonplace, bromide
(noun) a trite or obvious remark
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
banality (countable and uncountable, plural banalities)
(uncountable) The quality of being banal.
Synonym: bathos (partial)
(countable) Something which is banal.
(rare, historical) A feudal right or obligation, especially the obligation for a peasant to grind grain at the lord's mill, or the profits accruing from such rights.
Source: Wiktionary
Ba*nal"i*ty, n.; pl. Banalities. Etym: [F. banalité. See Banal.]
Definition: Something commonplace, hackneyed, or trivial; the commonplace, in speech. The highest things were thus brought down to the banalities of discourse. J. Morley.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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