triviality

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˌtrɪviˈæləti/ UK /ˌtrɪviˈæləti/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
the quality of being unimportant, or a trifling matter

They quarreled endlessly over the triviality of where to hang a picture.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · the quality of being... insignificance unimportance pettiness trifle frivolity

Opposites

importance significance gravity

Word family

Related forms trivialtriviatrivializetrivium

Etymology

From trivial (from Latin trivialis 'commonplace, of the crossroads', from trivium 'place where three roads meet', from tri- 'three' + via 'road') + the suffix -ity.

trivialis Latin trivium Latin via Latin

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# triviality

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˌtrɪviˈæləti/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌtrɪviˈæləti/

## Meanings
1. the quality of being unimportant, or a trifling matter

## Examples
- They quarreled endlessly over the triviality of where to hang a picture.

## Synonyms
- insignificance
- unimportance
- pettiness
- trifle
- frivolity

## Antonyms
- importance
- significance
- gravity

## Related Forms
- trivial
- trivia
- trivialize
- trivium

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: trivialis
- Root: trivium
- Root: via

## Etymology
From trivial (from Latin trivialis 'commonplace, of the crossroads', from trivium 'place where three roads meet', from tri- 'three' + via 'road') + the suffix -ity.

## AI Etymology
Triviality is from trivial (from Latin trivialis 'commonplace, of the crossroads', from trivium 'place where three roads meet', from tri- 'three' + via 'road') + the suffix -ity. Important recorded forms include trivialis (Latin), trivium (Latin), and via (Latin). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The modern sense is largely compositional, with the historical elements narrowing into a stable English lexical item. In current use it covers the quality of being unimportant, or a trifling matter. The wider family includes related words such as trivial, trivia, trivialize, and trivium.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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