banality
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7.2
- noun
- /bəˈnælɪti/
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banalidad
- His speech was full of banality, offering no new ideas or inspiration.
- the banality of evil
- banality and triviality
- everyday banality
All of these kind of seemingly day-to-day banalities need to be addressed.
- All of these kind of seemingly day-to-day banalities need to be addressed.
- Let me now turn to the rhetoric of the banality of evil.
- But is it just, is it just the story of the banality of virtue?
- It seems to me that we have to see all these things in their total banality.
- I'm just the whole point of this introduction was for me to explain how I'm trying to protect the listener from this kind of banality.
- And it's just, it's the banality of evil.
- You know, it's like what Hannah Arund described as the banality of evil.
- It's basically she's like one of the most heartbreaking things about the world is the banality of evil.
- We have to understand that we are just as prone to sort of the banality of evil as anybody else because we are in ape with clothes.
Examples
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"For sheer banality and lack of original insight, you just couldn't beat those conversations," Gary says.
Fiction book (1999) -
But is it just, is it just the story of the banality of virtue?
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And it's just, it's the banality of evil.
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Let me now turn to the rhetoric of the banality of evil.
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I tried to be pleasant, but my head began to hurt from his banality.
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All of life is reduced to the common rubble of banality.
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The banality of life.
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Climbing has always seemed to me to be an occupation of mind-boggling banality.
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Only the banality of the store shone true, for all else seemed filled with threat.
Fiction book (1994) -
Arendt was attacked for painting Eichmann in the dull ocher of banality.
Academic text (2005)
Synonyms
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4.6
An overused phrase or idea that no longer seems original
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7.7
A remark used so often that it sounds dull and gives no new idea
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8.3
A boring, unoriginal saying people use too often
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4.1
An ordinary remark or idea that is not new
A lack of new ideas that makes something seem dull and familiar
The quality of being ordinary and not exciting
Antonyms
How Original
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word banality comes from the French adjective banal, which means 'common' or 'ordinary'. So a banality is a remark or idea that is so ordinary it feels boring.