TRIVIALITY
Dictionary entry overview: What does triviality mean?
• TRIVIALITY (noun)
The noun TRIVIALITY has 3 senses:
1. the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous
2. a detail that is considered insignificant
3. something of small importance
Familiarity information: TRIVIALITY used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• TRIVIALITY (noun)
Meaning:
The quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
triviality; slightness; puniness; pettiness
Hypernyms ("triviality" is a kind of...):
unimportance (the quality of not being important or worthy of note)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "triviality"):
joke (a triviality not to be taken seriously)
Meaning:
A detail that is considered insignificant
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
technicality; trifle; triviality
Hypernyms ("triviality" is a kind of...):
detail; item; point (an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole)
Meaning:
Something of small importance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
small beer; trivia; trifle; triviality
Hypernyms ("triviality" is a kind of...):
object; physical object (a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "triviality"):
bagatelle; fluff; frippery; frivolity (something of little value or significance)
