banality

Noun

Meaning

Something commonplace, hackneyed, or trivial; the commonplace, in speech.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

bromide commonplace cliche platitude corn chestnut shibboleth routine stereotype flatness insignificance trivia dullness commonness triviality
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Antonyms

creation inspiration innovation enterprise imagination coinage
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Hypernyms

comment input remark truism

Related terms

banal

Derivatives

banalities

Examples

There is nothing more awful, insulting, and depressing than banality. Anton Chekhov

If truth were not boring, science would have done away with God long ago. But God as well as the saints is a means to escape the dull banality of truth. Emil Cioran

The great work of art is the complete banality, and the fault with most banalities is that they are not banal enough. Banality here is not infinite in its depth and consequence, but rests on a foundation of spirituality and aesthetics. Asger Jorn

My life is short. I can't listen to banality. V. S. Naipaul

Today Americans are overcome not by the sense of endless possibility but by the banality of the social order they have erected against it. Christopher Lasch

She was as sated with him as he was tired of her. Emma had rediscovered in adultery all the banality of marriage. Gustave Flaubert

Close letter words and terms

Banales banalisation banalise banalization banalize banally