mundanity
/mʌnˈdænɪti/
mundanity noun: mundaneness; the characteristic of being mundane.
Noun
mundanity (countable and uncountable, plural mundanities)
- mundaneness; the characteristic of being mundane
- Proust's novel grew and deepened into over 3,000 pages of everything and nothing: a Möbius strip of profundity twisting into mundanity, mundanity twisting into profundity.2013 November 16, Patrick McGuinness, “Who's afraid of Marcel Proust?”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review), page R20
- Synonyms:
- ordinariness, plainness, everydayness, normalcy, normaldom, normalhood, normalism, normality, normalness, sameishness
Synonyms of mundanity
- ordinariness
- plainness
- everydayness
- normalcy
- normaldom
- normalhood
- normality
- sameishness
- unremarkableness
- usuality
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Forms of mundanity
| plural | mundanities |
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Origin of mundanity
From mundane + -ity (“quality of”).
Questions about mundanity
- What does mundanity mean?
- Mundanity means mundaneness; the characteristic of being mundane.
- What part of speech is mundanity?
- Mundanity is a noun.
- How do you pronounce mundanity?
- Mundanity is pronounced /mʌnˈdænɪti/.
- What is the plural of mundanity?
- The plural of mundanity is mundanities.
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