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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