банальность — meaning in English
banalnost
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English meaning
- banality noun The quality of being dull, unoriginal, and overly familiar.
- commonplace adjective Ordinary; lacking anything unusual or noteworthy.
- platitude noun An often-quoted saying that is supposed to be meaningful but has become unoriginal or hackneyed through overuse.
- quotidian adj Happening every day; daily.
- triviality noun The quality of being trivial or unimportant.
- truism noun A self-evident or obvious truth.
Senses
банальность is used for these senses in English:
- commonplace Something that is ordinary; something commonly done or occurring.
- platitude (uncountable) Unoriginality; triteness.
- quotidian (medicine, now, _, rare, historical) A fever which recurs every day; quotidian malaria. [from 14th c.]
- quotidian (Anglicanism, historical) A daily allowance formerly paid to certain members of the clergy. [from 16th c.]
- quotidian (usually with definite article) Commonplace or mundane things regarded as a class. [from 20th c.]
- triviality The quality of being trivial or unimportant.
- truism A banality or cliché.
commonplace — full definition
- adjective Ordinary; lacking anything unusual or noteworthy.
- noun A remark or idea that has become dull and predictable from overuse; a cliché.