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mundanes

mundanes is the plural of mundane.

Meaning of mundane

Noun

mundane (plural mundanes)

  1. An unremarkable, ordinary human being.
  2. (derogatory, slang) A person considered to be "normal", part of the mainstream culture, outside the subculture, not part of the elite group.
    • The Demon Barber and I played Shock the Mundanes. The door would open up and we would start a sentence in mid-imaginary conversation, like—‘Of course, they never found the body.’1989 Spring, Lawrence Person, “Fear and Loathing in New Orleans: A Savage Journey Into the Heart of American Fandom”, in Nova Express, volume 2, number 3 (whole number #7), page 10
  3. (derogatory) A person who is not a Satanist.
  4. (slang) The world outside fandom; the normal, mainstream world.
    • Long famed in fandom, Mr. Bloch skyrocketed to prominence in the mundane when his autobiographical novel, PSYCHO, was made into a hit motion picture.1966 November, Lee Hoffman, “Our Authors”, in Science-Fiction Five-Yearly, number 4, page 35
  5. A person with no magical or supernatural powers or properties.
    • The mundane world is the world you know. It is the world from which, new Nephilim, you have come, and its people, the mundanes, are the people you knew and the people you yourself were, until recently when you were changed.2013, Joshua Lewis, The Shadowhunter's Codex, Margaret K. McElderry Books, →ISBN, Bestiaire Part III: Angels and Men (section V), page 124

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Questions about mundanes

What is mundanes the plural of?
Mundanes is the plural of mundane.

Words near mundanes in the dictionary

  1. mundane
  2. mundanely
  3. mundaneness
  4. mundanenesses
  5. mundaner
  6. mundanes
  7. mundanest
  8. Mundaneum
  9. mundania
  10. mundanism
  11. mundanities

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