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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Triviality \Triv`i*al"i*ty\, n.; pl {Trivialities}. [Cf. F.
trivialit['e]]
1. The quality or state of being trivial; trivialness.
2. That which is trivial; a trifle.
The philosophy of our times does not expend itself
in furious discussions on mere scholastic
trivialities. --Lyon
Playfair
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
triviality
n 1: the quality of being unimportant and petty or frivolous
[syn: {pettiness}, {slightness}]
2: a detail that is considered insignificant [syn: {technicality},
{trifle}]
3: something of small importance [syn: {trivia}, {trifle}, {small
beer}]
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