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banality
[buh-nal-i-tee, bey-]
noun
plural
banalitiesthe condition or quality of being banal, or devoid of freshness or originality.
the banality of everyday life.
an instance of this.
We sat around the dinner table exchanging banalities.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of banality1
Example Sentences
“Milkman” expertly exposes the alienation and paranoia of living in a city already riven by violence and the banality of gendered harm when there has been a larger societal breakdown.
A sweet moron, but a moron nonetheless, which is evident as soon as Pattinson starts squeaking banalities in a nasal gasp that sounds as though he’s never gotten enough oxygen to his brain.
Just as Allfrey’s photographs were “crowded with lifetimes,” so is Russell’s novel, a work suffused with the “mystery of kindness” and the banality of violence.
Everett speaks like a woman who recognizes the banality of the alternative.
Despite their separation, this slight, softly-spoken woman has frequently attended the trial and said it had exposed the “banality” of abuse.
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