banality

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The quality of being banal.

   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. 2
   noun

   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.

   The law of banality, one of the most oppressive products of feudalism, was revived for the advantage of the nobility.

From French banalité, from banal, equivalent to banal + -ity.

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