Banality

Word BANALITY
Character 8
Hyphenation ba nal i ty
Pronunciations /beɪˈnælɨti/

Definitions and meanings of "Banality"

What do we mean by banality?

The condition or quality of being banal; triviality. noun

Something that is trite, obvious, or predictable; a commonplace. noun

In old French and French-Canadian law, the right by which a lord compelled his vassals to grind at his mill, bake at his oven, etc.: applied also to the regions within which this right was exercised. noun

The state of being banal, trite, or stale; commonplaceness; triviality. noun

Anything common, trite, or trivial; a commonplace. noun

Something commonplace, hackneyed, or trivial; the commonplace, in speech. noun

The quality of being banal. noun

Something which is banal. noun

A trite or obvious remark noun

The quality of being banal.

Something which is banal.

A feudal right or obligation, especially the obligation for a peasant to grind grain at the lord's mill, or the profits accruing from such rights.

Boring. Overfamiliar through overuse. Bromidic. Urban Dictionary

An adjective, describes something lacking in originality, obvious and boring. Commonplace, unimaginative. Urban Dictionary

A Bannana eating another bannana. Urban Dictionary

Not the state or being of a banana, but the idea of banana itself Urban Dictionary

Adjective, describes something that is intended to be creative and/or thought-provoking, but is really just kind of unoriginal, pretentious, and stupid. Urban Dictionary

A beautiful, perfect human being. Usually male. Sometimes British. But always incredible at Rocket League. Urban Dictionary

Stale and unoriginal. Way to remember it anal is unoriginal and stale therefore Anal=banal Urban Dictionary

As boring as sitting on the toilet with nothing to read. Urban Dictionary

Anal. To use the word anal without people thinking you are talking about ANAL. Urban Dictionary

Banal means that something—say, a movie or a TV show—is so uninspired and derivative that, even if you've never seen it before, you'll feel like you already have. Urban Dictionary

Synonyms and Antonyms for Banality

The word "banality" in example sentences

Fighting a war against what he calls the banality of “blue-sky thinking”, society founder and book author Gavin Pretor-Pinney believes that clouds offer people on all continents a chance to see the world in a new way. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Their "plain" styles are really just exercises in banality, studiously avoiding the "literary" because to attempt something other than bare proficiency would reveal the aesthetic void at the core of their work. ❋ Unknown (2009)

They talk of "fun" and "safety," and they sink us in banality and boredom. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Yet its very banality is also somehow appropriate - for this war will be won or lost not in some grand showdown but in a trillion tiny everyday encounters, like those of commuters pouring off a suburban train. ❋ Unknown (2005)

One more on baseball: Tony Kornheiser of the Washington Post pays tribute to a player whose startling achievement is rooted in banality: showing up for work. ❋ Unknown (2001)

She reported on the Eichmann trial for the New Yorker magazine and produced a book, "Eichmann in Jerusalem" 1963, in which she coined the phrase "the banality of evil." ❋ David Pryce-Jones (2011)

If his memoir has any enduring value, it is not as another offering of hollow excuses for an unjustifiable war but rather as a study in what the famed historian of European fascism, Hannah Arendt, termed the "banality of evil." ❋ Robert Scheer (2011)

Simon Baker's Patrick Jane finally came face-to-face with the madman who slaughtered his family — and the culprit perfectly embodied the phrase "the banality of evil." ❋ Unknown (2011)

Eichmann, like the Wannsee Conference, was a testament to what Hannah Arendt described as the "banality of evil." ❋ Moshe Kantor (2012)

Summary reviews for derivative works, the ultimate in banality. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Can we counter what the philosopher Hannah Arendt called the banality of evil, when philosophy departments, like all the humanities, are strapped for funds? ❋ Christopher Merrill (2010)

The e-mails that have come to light, and the post-accident interviews and testimony, have painted a picture of what I keep calling the banality of catastrophe. ❋ Joel Achenbach (2010)

The term banality of evil is bandied about pretty freely these days but this example, especially the search of the house to find the card, shows what it really means ❋ Unknown (2007)

And in a culture that regularly pumps out banality, that is a rare and wonderful thing. ❋ Unknown (2007)

He was what Arendt aptly called the banality of evil. ❋ Unknown (2005)

What I was intrigued by was what Hannah Arendt called the banality of evil, her description of the trial of [Adolf] Eichmann, and how he used to walk his dog close to Auschwitz. ❋ Assayas, Michka (2005)

Jim: You are banal and [bromidic]. I do not wish for your company. [Sally]: What? Jim: [Get lost]. ❋ Anoynmous (2005)

[Anal] with [banana] is [banal]. ❋ Komaeda Nagito (2014)

To do this wear a [bannana] [costume] and walk around eating a bannana. You can do this anytime of the year. You have just commited Banalism. Halloween : Yes Christmas : Yes [Easter] : Hell Yea ❋ Hahahahha You (2011)

Because of my strong sense of [banality], sometimes I subconsciously [wonder] how and why the existence of [a banana] came to be ❋ James Mathias (2019)

I like most of the Doors' music, but [Jim Morrison's] [poetry] is just [plain] banal. ❋ Woody Thomas (2009)

Wow! [Zac] is [banal] in every way [shape] and form. ❋ Squibdly (2022)

[YOLO] is such a [banal] [saying] ❋ Wordsdefined (2013)

me: "did you go to the golf [tournament] today?" you: "yes,[omigosh],it was so [BANAL]" ❋ Christina (2004)

I'd [love to] [get some] [banal] tonight. ❋ Sfafhvjaopguewejac (2014)

"[Another] [zombie movie]?! These films are so [banal]." ❋ DefinitionMan21 (2020)

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