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Examples of banality
banality
On the negative side, Twitter can promote laziness, banality and superficiality.
From the canberratimes.com.au
Yet it is not so much the glamour of evil as its banality which is on show here.
From the independent.co.uk
Maybe, it's the banality of the dare juxtaposed with the brutality of the deed?
From the independent.co.uk
Their performance lacks the gimmicky costumes and lyrical banality of Eurovision.
From the nzherald.co.nz
He wasn't an ardent anti-Semite, but, rather, represented the banality of evil.
From the nytimes.com
I don't think bourgeois banality mascarading as entertainment should be rewarded.
From the guardian.co.uk
His ability to turn potential drama into manageable banality remains unchanged.
From the time.com
What do, say, the Batman and Matrix pictures have in common, besides banality?
From the theatlantic.com
He's very honest with himself, and he's trying to escape the banality of his life.
From the independent.co.uk
- Platitude: a trite or obvious remark
- (banal) repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse; "bromidic sermons"; "his remarks were trite and commonplace"; "hackneyed phrases"; "a stock answer"; "repeating threadbare jokes"; "parroting some timeworn axiom"; "the trite metaphor `hard as nails'"
- (Banal) Predictability (also called banality) is the degree to which a correct prediction or forecast of a system's state can be made either qualitatively or quantitatively.
- The quality of being banal; Something which is banal
- (banal) Common in a boring way, to the point of being predictable; containing nothing new or fresh
- (Banal) Grenz Infantry Regiment Nr. 2 (1 battalion)
- (banal) Boringly commonplace and predictable. Trite and obvious. A ban once meant a widely proclaimed order, originating in the Indo-European bha, "speak." Marriage banns, proclaiming a couple's engagement, are still publicly posted by some Christian churches. ...
- (BANALITIES) Fees which a feudal lord imposed on his serfs for the use of his mill, oven, wine press, or similar facilities. It sometimes included part of a fish catch or the proceeds from a rabbit warren.
- Mortal disbelief as it affects Changelings and their Glamour.
