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Definition of "triteness" [triteness]

  • The state or quality of being trite. (noun)
  • The result or product of being trite. (noun)

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Use "triteness" in a sentence
  • "Even the most obvious triteness is acceptable, provided it comes with a postmodern wink."
  • "One convention of the superhero movie I wholeheartedly approve, for all its triteness, is the dramatic confrontation between the hero and his nemesis, the former turning the tide just as it looks like he’s beat and all that."
  • ""Do you think," said she to Godolphin, who stood beside her, "that there lives any one who could behold these countless monuments of eternal glory, and not sigh to recall the triteness, or rather burn to rise from the level, of our ordinary life?""