triteness
1
7.9
- noun
- /ˈtraɪtnəs/
:
trivialidad
- The concept that the Coens would stoop to the most contrived of plot devices with a "split personality" is laughable (see the movie Adaptation, which pokes fun at the triteness of this).
- the triteness of her narrative
Examples
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In conjunction with this Brady Bunch triteness, Cindy, the youngest daughter, says, "I want to meet the Indians and see the cabooses."
Academic text (2008) -
The first paragraph here reminds the authorial audience of the narrative's triteness: you might see him; you might not; it happens both ways.
Academic text (1994) -
"She could not believe her triteness."
Fiction book (1990) -
I think he's using the triteness in the paper on purpose.
Academic text (2017) -
It's about time, triviality, and triteness.
Fiction book (1992) -
And the Falcon rocket is just one step up from "Eagle" in terms of triteness.
Blog text (29) -
The Cliché or Triteness.
Academic text (2000) -
Even more than this intertextuality, Moore's specific modulation of the narrative discourse enables her both to flaunt the triteness of her narrative and to generate genuine feeling with it.
Academic text (1994) -
Even as Moore's narrative flaunts its triteness and engages in the send-up of the self-help genre, it also invites its readers to respond as we do to traditional mimetic fiction. 5.
Academic text (1994) -
The triteness of his ideas made the lecture dull and unengaging.
Synonyms
1
9.6
Lack of flavor or interest that makes something dull
A lack of new ideas that makes something seem dull and familiar
A lack of new ideas or creativity
Being dull and without strong taste or interest
Antonyms
How Trite
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Triteness comes from an old root trit- meaning 'to rub' or 'to wear down'. Think of an idea or joke rubbed smooth by constant use, like a stone rubbed until it loses its shape, and you have a clear image of why triteness means something dull and unoriginal.