BANALITY Synonyms
There are 4 hypernyms of the word banality. (close relations)
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| commonplace | adjectiveadj | |||||
noun • a trite or obvious remark adjective satellite • completely ordinary and unremarkable • not challenging; dull and lacking excitement • repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse | ||||||
| platitude | nounn | |||||
noun • a trite or obvious remark | ||||||
| dullness | nounn | |||||
noun • the quality of being slow to understand • the quality of lacking interestingness • a lack of visual brightness • lack of sensibility • without sharpness or clearness of edge or point | ||||||
| insipidity | nounn | |||||
noun • extreme dullness; lacking spirit or interest • lacking any distinctive or interesting taste property | ||||||
| mediocrity | nounn | |||||
noun • ordinariness as a consequence of being average and not outstanding • a person of second-rate ability or value | ||||||
| mundanity | nounn | |||||
noun • the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment • the quality of being commonplace and ordinary | ||||||
| ordinariness | nounn | |||||
noun • the quality of being commonplace and ordinary | ||||||
| predictability | nounn | |||||
noun • the quality of being predictable | ||||||
| repetitiveness | nounn | |||||
noun • verboseness resulting from excessive repetitions | ||||||
| routine | nounn | |||||
noun • an unvarying or habitual method or procedure • a short performance that is part of a longer program • a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program adjective satellite • found in the ordinary course of events | ||||||
| staleness | nounn | |||||
noun • unoriginality as a result of being dull and hackneyed • having lost purity and freshness as a consequence of aging | ||||||
| tedium | nounn | |||||
noun • the feeling of being bored by something tedious • dullness owing to length or slowness | ||||||
| triteness | nounn | |||||
noun • unoriginality as a result of being dull and hackneyed | ||||||
| unoriginality | nounn | |||||
noun • uncreativeness due to a lack of originality • the quality of being unoriginal | ||||||
| pedestrianism | nounn | |||||
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| bathos | nounn | |||||
noun • triteness or triviality of style • insincere pathos • a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one | ||||||
| bromide | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
noun • any of the salts of hydrobromic acid; formerly used as a sedative but now generally replaced by safer drugs • a trite or obvious remark | ||||||
| cliche | nounn | |||||
noun • a trite or obvious remark | ||||||
