banalityn.

/bəˈnalɪti/

Etymology: < French banalité, < banal : see banal adj. and -ality suffix.

1. Anything trite or trivial; a commonplace.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > saying, maxim, adage > self-evident truth, axiom > [noun] > trite saying, commonplace

commonplace1560

household word1574

scholium1830

commonplaceism1831

banality1861

bromide1906

stock response1925

tag-phrase1933

the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [noun] > tedious or dull thing or activity > trite or banal thing or activity

hack1710

banality1861

quotidian1902

cliché1934

banalization1968

1861 G. A. Sala Twice round Clock 244 That he is getting old, or that he looks remarkably young, or some equally relevant banalities.

1871 R. Browning Balaustion 92 The decent praise, the due regret, And each banality prescribed of old.

2. Commonplace character, triteness, triviality.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [noun] > state or quality of being wearisome or tedious > state or quality of being trite or banal

tameness1530

triteness1727

triticalness1727

tritism1785

commonplaceness1808

prosiness1814

triticism1824

triticality1835

commonplace1842

commonplaceism1851

prosaicness1852

prosaism1855

hackneydom1867

prosaicalness1876

banality1878

mundanity1959

squareness1961

1878 E. Dowden Stud. Lit. 394 The banality of these poetic sorrows and aspirations.

1881 G. Saintsbury in Academy 5 Feb. 92/3 Bewitched by the absence of banality in his work.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

单词	banality
释义	banalityn. /bəˈnalɪti/ Etymology: < French banalité, < banal : see banal adj. and -ality suffix. 1. Anything trite or trivial; a commonplace. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > saying, maxim, adage > self-evident truth, axiom > [noun] > trite saying, commonplace commonplace1560 household word1574 scholium1830 commonplaceism1831 banality1861 bromide1906 stock response1925 tag-phrase1933 the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [noun] > tedious or dull thing or activity > trite or banal thing or activity hack1710 banality1861 quotidian1902 cliché1934 banalization1968 1861 G. A. Sala Twice round Clock 244 That he is getting old, or that he looks remarkably young, or some equally relevant banalities. 1871 R. Browning Balaustion 92 The decent praise, the due regret, And each banality prescribed of old. 2. Commonplace character, triteness, triviality. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [noun] > state or quality of being wearisome or tedious > state or quality of being trite or banal tameness1530 triteness1727 triticalness1727 tritism1785 commonplaceness1808 prosiness1814 triticism1824 triticality1835 commonplace1842 commonplaceism1851 prosaicness1852 prosaism1855 hackneydom1867 prosaicalness1876 banality1878 mundanity1959 squareness1961 1878 E. Dowden Stud. Lit. 394 The banality of these poetic sorrows and aspirations. 1881 G. Saintsbury in Academy 5 Feb. 92/3 Bewitched by the absence of banality in his work. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1861
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