What does banality mean?
Banality means (uncountable) The quality of being banal..
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/bəˈnælɪti/ · noun
(uncountable) The quality of being banal..
The concept of the banality of evil came into prominence following the publication of Hannah Arendt's 1963 book Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil, which was based on the trial of Adolph Eichmann in Jerusalem.
The law of banality, one of the most oppressive products of feudalism, was revived for the advantage of the nobility.
Other banalities included the lord's exclusive right to hunt over the land, his monopoly over fishing, and his right to keep the dove-cote whose feathery occupants ate a peasant's standing crops.
In fact corvées, champarts, and rights of banality not only continued but had been increased in the course of the seventeenth century.
Use banality when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Banality means (uncountable) The quality of being banal..
Common synonyms include bathos, platitude, commonplace, bromide.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The concept of the banality of evil came into prominence following the publication of Hannah Arendt's 1963 book Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil, which was based on the trial of Adolph Eichmann in Jerusalem.
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