averageness

noun

Definition of averagenessnext
as in typicality
the quality or state of being average Despite his averageness as a student, he later excelled in business.

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Recent Examples of averageness But that is just one expression of its structural bias toward familiarity and averageness. — Adam Kirsch, The Atlantic, 15 June 2026 Joe, who was selected because of his averageness, turns out to be the smartest person on Earth in the future and lands a job working for President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho (Terry Crews). — David Faris, TheWeek, 22 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for averageness
  1. acceptability
  2. ordinariness
  3. routine
Noun
  • The rate has been gradually dropping for decades, due to cigarette taxes, tobacco product price hikes, smoking bans, public education campaigns and changes in the social acceptability of lighting up in public.
    — Mike Stobbe, Fortune, 29 May 2026
  • People who feel othered often describe exhaustion from performing acceptability.
    — Jennifer Jay Palumbo, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026
Definition of acceptability
Noun
  • People from West Asia are so often shown through images of violence, Korkejian says, that their joy, style and ordinariness can disappear from view.
    — Andrea Domanick, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026
  • Is there a positive case for being ordinary—a reason to actively pursue ordinariness, regardless of whether being great is overrated?
    — Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 22 May 2026
Definition of ordinariness
Noun
  • The worsening air quality means significant changes to his daily routine.
    — Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
  • This Hourglass set upgrades your entire routine with three of the brand's best-selling brushes.
    — Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 18 July 2026
Definition of routine

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