banality

ba·nal·i·ty

noun \bə-ˈna-lə-tē, bā-, also ba-\

plural ba·nal·i·ties

Definition of BANALITY

1

: something banal : commonplace

2

: the quality or state of being banal

Examples of BANALITY

1. The trip offers an escape from the banalities of daily life.
2. We exchanged banalities about the weather.
3. The writing never rose above banality.

First Known Use of BANALITY

1861

Related to BANALITY

Synonyms: commonplace, bromide, chestnut, cliché (also cliche), groaner, homily, platitude, shibboleth, trope, truism

Related Words: conventional wisdom, party line, routine; inanity; generality, generalization, simplification; adage, proverb, saw, saying; old wives' tale, stereotype

Near Antonyms: profundity

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Rhymes with BANALITY

anality, brutality, carnality, causality, centrality, extrality, fatality, feudality, finality, formality, frontality, frugality, legality, lethality, locality, mentality, modality, morality, mortality, nasality, natality, neutrality, nodality, orality, plurality, primality, rascality, reality, regality, rurality, sodality, tonality, totality, venality, vitality, vocality