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banality
/bəˈnælɪti/
noun 3
Collocations
3ADJ.
evil, mere, other
VERB + BANALITY
depressing, report
PREP.
on, than
Definitions
noun
1
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.
2
Something which is banal.
3
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.
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.
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noun — a trite or obvious remark
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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
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The law of banality, one of the most oppressive products of feudalism, was revived for the advantage of the nobility.
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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.
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Is it mere coincidence that "banality", when anagrammed, reads "Ban Italy"?
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There is nothing more awful, insulting, and depressing than banality.
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Tom detests sandwiches because of their banality.
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