banalità

banality, triviality

noun bah-nah-lee-TAH Rare

Origin: From French banalité, from banal (commonplace).

Also means

cliché

Usage Note

Banalità is an invariable noun: una banalità, delle banalità — the form never changes. It describes both the quality of being banal and a specific trite remark or thing. The phrase dire banalità (to say platitudes) is common in critical discourse. The adjective is banale (banal, trite). The written accent signals final stress.

Examples

"La sua risposta era una pura banalità."

Natural Translation

His answer was pure banality.

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