triviality

triv·i·al·i·ty

noun \ˌtri-vē-ˈa-lə-tē\

plural triv·i·al·i·ties

Definition of TRIVIALITY

1

: the quality or state of being trivial

2

: something trivial : trifle

Examples of TRIVIALITY

1. We shouldn't spend time on such trivialities.
2. the triviality of the problem

First Known Use of TRIVIALITY

1598

Related to TRIVIALITY

Synonyms: bagatelle, child's play, frippery, nonproblem, nothing, picayune, shuck(s), small beer, small change, trifle

Antonyms: bigness, consequence, import, importance, magnitude, moment, significance, weight, weightiness

Related Words: naught (also nought), nothingness, smoke, zero; peanuts, pittance, song, straw, two bits; bunk, claptrap, drivel, folly, fribble, fudge, hogwash, humbug, humbuggery, nonsense, piffle, rot, trash, trivia; bit, crumb, dab, dram, lick, mite, ounce, particle, pinhead, scintilla, shred, smidgen (also smidgeon or smidgin or smidge), soupçon, speck, spot, tad, touch, trace

Near Antonyms: substance, value, worth

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Rhymes with TRIVIALITY

abnormality, actuality, amorality, animality, atonality, axiality, bestiality, bilinguality, bimodality, bipedality, cardinality, classicality, coevality, comicality, commonality, communality, conjugality, cordiality, corporality, criminality, criticality, ethicality, externality, factuality, farcicality, fictionality, functionality, generality, geniality, hospitality, ideality, illegality, immorality, immortality, informality, integrality, internality, irreality, joviality, lexicality, liberality, lineality, literality, logicality, lognormality, marginality, musicality, mutuality, nationality, notionality, nuptiality, optimality, parfocality, partiality, personality, physicality, practicality, principality, prodigality, punctuality, quizzicality, rationality, seasonality, sensuality, sexuality, siege mentality, sociality, speciality, subnormality, surreality, technicality, temporality, textuality, topicality, typicality, unmorality, unreality, verticality, virtuality, whimsicality