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Definition of banality noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

banality

noun

NAmE//bəˈnælət̮i//

(pl. banalities) [uncountable, countable] (disapproving)

the quality of being banal; things, remarks, etc. that are banal the banality of modern city life They exchanged banalities for a couple of minutes.

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