different between hackneyed vs banality

English

Etymology

hackney +? -ed

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?hækni?d/
• (US) enPR: h?k?n?d

Adjective

hackneyed (comparative more hackneyed, superlative most hackneyed)

1. Repeated too often.

   Synonyms: banal, commonplace, clichéd, shopworn, stock, threadbare, timeworn, tired, trite, unoriginal, well-worn; see also Thesaurus:hackneyed

2. (dated) Let out for hire.

Translations

Verb

hackneyed

1. simple past tense and past participle of hackney

English

Etymology

From French banalité, from banal.

Pronunciation

• enPR: b?n?l'?ti, IPA^(key): /b??næl?ti/
• Rhymes: -æl?ti
• enPR: b?n?l'?ti, IPA^(key): /be??næl?ti/
• Rhymes: -æl?ti

Noun

banality (countable and uncountable, plural banalities)

1. (uncountable) The quality of being banal.

   Synonym: (partial) bathos

   • 1997, Edward S. Herman, Triumph of the Market: Essays on Economics, Politics, and the Media, Black Rose Books Ltd. (?ISBN), page 97:

     The concept of the banality of evil came into prominence following the publication of Hannah Arendt's 1963 book Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil, which was based on the trial of Adolph Eichmann in Jerusalem.

2. (countable) Something which is banal.
3. (rare, historical) A feudal right or obligation, especially the obligation for a peasant to grind grain at the lord's mill, or the profits accruing from such rights.

Related terms

• banal

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Further reading

• banality in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• banality in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.