triviality

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The triviality, the emptiness of his existence outside of the walls of the mill made her heart beat with pure pity.

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  1. noun The quality or condition of being trivial.
  2. noun Something trivial.

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  • The twaddle which dulness, triviality, and spite have talked about it is not worth notice. —  Correspondence of Wagner and Liszt, Volume 2
  • The men of that time had all the vices except triviality, all the virtues except moderation; they were either ruffians or saints. —  The Project Gutenberg eBook of Life Of St. Francis of Assisi, by Paul Sabatier.
  • Danielle went to the stairs and said: - She would be so lucky... What a triviality was this era, thought, gotten upset with same himself, while arrived at the floor from above and entered the lobby that lead to its room. —  New Document
  • The only reason that I can imagine for the restriction of philosophy to such triviality is the desire to separate it sharply from empirical science. —  My Philosophical Development
  • But what could have been trendy triviality -- and judging from some reviews online, this has been played that way -- became something different in the Redwood Curtain production at the Arcata Playhouse, because actor Tinamarie Ivey created a dimensional character you come to care about, and director Dan Stone found and told a compelling story. —  North Coast Journal Comments
 

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  1. from Old French trivialite, French trivialité = Spanish trivialidad = Portuguese trivialidade = Italian trivialità; as trivial + -ity.
 

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/trɪvɪˈæləti/
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