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The formula for achieving a successful relationship is simple: you should treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but never treat a triviality as if it were a disaster.
Quentin Crisp

Meaning of "trivialities" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TRIVIALITIES

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TRIVIALITIES

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Trivialities is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TRIVIALITIES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Trivia

The trivia are three lower Artes Liberales, i.e. grammar, logic and rhetoric. These were the topics of basic education, foundational to the quadrivia of higher education, and hence the material of basic education and an important building block for all undergraduates. The word trivia was also used to describe a place where three roads met in Ancient Rome. While the term is now obsolescent, in ancient times, it was appropriated to mean something very new. In the 1960s, nostalgic college students and others began to informally trade questions and answers about the popular culture of their youth. The first known documented labeling of this casual parlor game as "Trivia" was in a Columbia Daily Spectator column published on February 5, 1965. The authors, Ed Goodgold and Dan Carlinsky, then started the first organized trivia contests, described below. Since the 1960s, the plural trivia in particular has widened to include nonessential, specifically detailed knowledge on topics of popular culture.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TRIVIALITIES

trivalve
trivalved
trivalvular
Trivandrum
trivet
trivia
trivia game
trivia quiz
trivial
Trivial Pursuit
trivialisation
trivialise
trivialism
trivialist
triviality
trivialization
trivialize
trivially
trivialness
trivium

WORDS THAT END LIKE TRIVIALITIES

abilities
activities
amenities
authorities
capabilities
celebrities
cities
communities
disabilities
entities
facilities
humanities
minorities
opportunities
parties
possibilities
qualities
quantities
responsibilities
universities
utilities

Synonyms and antonyms of trivialities in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «TRIVIALITIES»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «trivialities» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of trivialities

Translation of «trivialities» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TRIVIALITIES

Find out the translation of trivialities to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of trivialities from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «trivialities» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

琐事
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

trivialidades
570 millions of speakers

English

trivialities
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

trivialities
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التفاهات
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

мелочи
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

trivialidades
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

trivialities
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

trivialités
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Trivialities
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Trivialitäten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

些事
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

하찮은 일
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Trivialities
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trivialities
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அற்பமானவை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

क्षुल्लक गोष्टी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

trivialities
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

banalità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

trywialności
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дрібниці
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

trivialitati
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κοινοτοπίες
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onbenullighede
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

trivialiteter
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

trivialiteter
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of trivialities

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TRIVIALITIES»

The term «trivialities» is regularly used and occupies the 67.063 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TRIVIALITIES» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about trivialities

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3 QUOTES WITH «TRIVIALITIES»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word trivialities.
1
Max Beerbohm
Good sense about trivialities is better than nonsense about things that matter.
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Quentin Crisp
The formula for achieving a successful relationship is simple: you should treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but never treat a triviality as if it were a disaster.
3
Alan K. Simpson
The word liberal distinguishes whatever nourishes the mind and spirit from the training which is merely practical or professional or from the trivialities which are no training at all.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TRIVIALITIES»

Discover the use of trivialities in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to trivialities and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Trivialities: Webster's Quotations, Facts and Phrases
Proceeds from this book are used to expand the content and coverage of Websters Online Dictionary (www.websters-online-dictionary.org).
‎2008
2
The Art of Writing Badly: Valentin Kataev's Mauvism and the ...
Self-consciously justifying this perspective, the authorial persona's youthful self writes to a girlfriend: However strange it may be ... but after your letter there arose in me an insurmountable need to share with you all the trivialities (melochi) of my  ...
Richard Chandler Borden, 1999
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Who Could Ask for More?: Reclaiming The Beatles
2. No. Time. For. Trivialities. August 28 th 1964. The Beatles, Brian Epstein and their road managers, Neil and Mal, sit in a darkened, wood-panelled room in the Hotel Delmonico, New York. The blinds are drawn, even though it's a cracking hot ...
Chris Gregory, 2008
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Letters of Wallace Stevens
By inimical senses one means the trivialities. By appearance within the poem itself one means the things created and existing there. The trivialities matter little today and most people concede that poetic form is not a question of literary mode .
Wallace Stevens, Holly Stevens, 1966
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The Meaningful Trivialities From The Source
Ramesh S. Balsekar Is One Of The Most Profound Spiritual Masters Of This Age.
Ramesh S. Balsekar, 2000
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Sixty Years of Citizen Work and Play Realities, ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
William Phillips, 2010
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Wittgenstein and the Practice of Philosophy
The senseless tautologies of the Tractatus are no longer so much in evidence, but something similar remains a preoccupation of philosophy—trivialities: What we find out in philosophy is trivial; it does not teach new facts, only science does  ...
Michael Hymers, 2009
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Degree Words
It's all right to complain about trivialities, but he complains about such trivialities that there's just no excuse for it 'trivialities that are so trivial'. Hire a fool if you like, but don't hire such a fool! 'a fool who is so foolish'. This erases the distinction ...
Dwight Bolinger, 1972
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The World and Language in Wittgenstein's Philosophy
Thought is not something hidden; it lies open to us. What we find out in philosophy is trivial; it does not teach us new facts, only science does that. But the proper synopsis of these trivialities is enormously difficult, and has immense importance.
Gordon Hunnings, 1988
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The first and last freedom
The mind lives in a world of trivialities and a trivial mind creating a noble pattern is still trivial, is it not? The question is not with what should the mind be occupied but can the mind free itself from trivialities? If we are at all aware, if we are at all ...
Jiddu Krishnamurti, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TRIVIALITIES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term trivialities is used in the context of the following news items.
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Qualifying for Europa League via fair play will soon be a relic of …
The fair play table has always been one of those obscure, fairly pointless but enduring trivialities of the Premier League, like the Dubious Goals Panel, the rules ... «ESPN FC, Jul 15»
2
They hate us, but who cares?
If the public doesn't trust the news they are getting; if they believe the institution focuses too much on trivialities and distractions instead of consequential things; ... «Baltimore Sun, Jul 15»
3
Most of the politicians deserve to be shot, says Markandey Katju
He also said that media has descended to low levels in diverting the attention of the people from real issues to trivialities like lives of film stars, cricket, astrology. «indiatvnews.com, May 15»
4
'Tis the NZ season for trivialities
The great thing about trivialities is that there is no right answer, everyone has an opinion and, in the end, they don't really matter a damn. I don't mean to be too ... «The Press, May 15»
5
Black money Bill to be taken up in Parliament next week: FM Jaitley
"Trivialities can be ignored but serious offenders be brought to the book. That balancing act I hope you would be able to achieve," he said. PTI First Published: ... «Zee News, May 15»
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Recycling gaffe could lose me my job
By contrast, I judge them pathetic in their lack of imagination. Haven't they worked in offices? Don't they know that office life is the sum of a thousand trivialities? «Financial Times, Mar 15»
7
'World of Tomorrow' fleshes out fleshless figures
“Do not lose time in daily trivialities,” Emily warns. “Live well and live broadly. Now is the envy of all of the dead.” One of the strongest aspects of Hertzfeld's film is ... «Boise State University The Arbiter Online, Mar 15»
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Art Talk clears artists, media trivialities
WINDHOEK– The recent discussion session organised by ARTNam under the banner of the Franco Namibian Cultural Centre 'Art Talk' series proved a ... «New Era, Feb 15»
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Why Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wears the same grey T-shirt …
... decisions, such as what to wear each day, or what to have for breakfast, are taxing on the mind – and he would rather not waste energy on such trivialities. «Metro, Nov 14»
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The Madness of 2008
... America more than enough evidence to doubt that he was ready for the presidency, but when a nation becomes unhinged by trivialities like “hope and change ... «National Review Online, Aug 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Trivialities [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/trivialities>. Apr 2024 ».
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