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banality

[buh-nal-i-tee, bey-] / bəˈnæl ɪ ti, beɪ- /


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It’s technically called “The Katie Miller Podcast,” but a better title would be “The Banality of Evil.”

From Salon • Sep. 8, 2025

Banality and triviality certainly abound in the case of the big Academy Awards envelope switcheroo.

From Slate • Mar. 3, 2017

In the series Banality, he takes the kind of ornaments you might find in a gift shop and enlarges them out of all proportion.

From The Guardian • Jul. 5, 2015

Banality is the chief ingredient in her work, and she uses it like an all-purpose seasoning that, paradoxically, subtracts flavor.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2015

Banality always found in him a discerning and merciless judge.

From Reminiscences of Anton Chekhov by Bunin, I. A.




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