Meaning of TRIVIALITY
| Pronunciation: | | `trivee'alitee
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- [n] something of small importance
- [n] the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous
- [n] a detail that is considered insignificant
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| | Synonyms: | | pettiness, slightness, small beer, technicality, trifle, trifle, trivia |
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| | See Also: | | detail, item, point, stuff, sundries, sundry, unimportance, whatchamacallit, whatsis | |
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| | Definition: | | \Triv`i*al"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Trivialities}. [Cf. F.
trivialit['e]]
1. The quality or state of being trivial; trivialness.
2. That which is trivial; a trifle.
The philosophy of our times does not expend itself
in furious discussions on mere scholastic
trivialities. --Lyon
Playfair.
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