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usualism

usualism noun: something that is usual, or employed in the usual way; a norm.

Noun

usualism (plural usualisms)

  1. Something that is usual, or employed in the usual way; a norm.
    • The average between the stations of ages becomes a normal usualism that they can depend upon in insuring.1976, Harvey Stallard, Occlusion, page 115
    • In this communicational mode, language units can be differentiated as usualisms and contextualisms (Fig. 4-6).2020, Alexander Barkovich, Informational Linguistics: The New Communicational Reality, page 125

Forms of usualism

pluralusualisms

Origin of usualism

From usual + -ism.

Questions about usualism

What does usualism mean?
Usualism means something that is usual, or employed in the usual way; a norm.
What part of speech is usualism?
Usualism is a noun.
What is the plural of usualism?
The plural of usualism is usualisms.

Words near usualism in the dictionary

  1. usual
  2. usual channels
  3. usual office
  4. usual offices
  5. usual suspects
  6. usualism
  7. usualisms
  8. usuality
  9. usualization
  10. usualizations
  11. usualize

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