Vocab Bloom Hub

banality

/bəˈnæl.ɪ.ti/

1 entry

Word connections

noun

/bəˈnæl.ɪ.ti/C1formal
  • ruСуществительное, обозначающее избитое, очевидное или банальное замечание или утверждение.

A noun referring to a trite, obvious, or unoriginal remark or statement.

  1. Trite or obvious remarkC1formal

    A statement that is unoriginal, dull, or lacking in freshness; a cliché.

    ruБанализм

    • His speech was full of banalities about the importance of teamwork.
    • She rolled her eyes at yet another banality from the speaker.
    • The conversation was filled with banalities about the weather.

    Synonymscommonplaceplatitudetruism

    Antonymsinnovationinsightnoveltyoriginalityprofundity

  2. Quality of being unoriginalC1formal

    The state or quality of being commonplace, trivial, or lacking in novelty.

    ruБанализация

    • The banality of the movie's plot disappointed the critics.
    • He criticized the banality of modern advertising.
    • The novel's banality made it a forgettable read.

    Synonymscommonplacenessplatitudeprosaicnessstalenesstritenessunoriginallyvapidity

    Antonymscreativityfreshnessnoveltyoriginalityuniqueness

Forms
  • banalities plural form
  • banalities' possessive plural form
  • banality's possessive singular form
Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

Inherited terms

Vocabulary data from the Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset (CC BY 4.0), https://huggingface.co/datasets/Fristail27/vocab-bloom-hub-en

Source link

All listed licenses apply

Generated by language models and not human-verified: definitions, examples, levels and translations may contain errors.