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banality

[buh-nal-i-tee, bey-] / bəˈnæl ɪ ti, beɪ- /
NOUN
common saying
Synonyms
STRONGEST
platitude
STRONG
adage boiler buzzword chestnut corn hokum plate saw trivia triviality truism
WEAK
cliché dullsville familiar tune high camp old chestnut old saw prosaicism prosaism trite phrase
Antonyms
WEAK
coinage nuance original saying

Example Sentences

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The real author describes it as a combination of plagiarism and banality.

From BBC • Jan. 14, 2026

Once youth sports returned, I clung to the routine and banality that came with it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 25, 2025

The banality of her letter to Putin was itself a choice — and was completely on brand, for Melania Trump has always been just as opaque as her prose suggests.

From Salon • Aug. 19, 2025

And so we’re back to the whole lesson that we never seem to learn about how the banality of evil is real.

From Slate • Nov. 18, 2024

They invented stupid TV shows, unleashing a cavalcade of ever-increasing banality as they tried to out-stupid each other.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater