mundaneness

noun

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Recent Examples of mundaneness To be clear, the mundaneness, examined piecemeal, is undeniably horrific. — Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2026 Charles Wylie, the museum’s curator of photography, says the exhibit highlights the centrality of the Black experience in American history, from the tragedies to the mundaneness of family life. — Kamal Morgan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mundaneness
  1. mundanity
  2. everydayness
  3. normality
  4. ordinariness
  5. commonness
  6. fairness
  7. routine
Noun
  • Not since Lou Reed jammed 26 dollars in his hand has a group so believably articulated the crescendo and contours of a high, alongside the mundanity, side quests, and thousand-yard stares, too.
    — Gabriel Szatan, Pitchfork, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Banksy’s stenciled rats, children with balloons, riot police, smiley faces and masked figures are instantly recognizable symbols of resistance to centralized power, war, consumerism, the mundanity of everyday life and the machinery of commerce.
    — Chad Radford, AJC.com, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of mundanity
Noun
  • The everydayness of these items may also hold clues to their draw.
    — Wayne Chang, CNN Money, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Epic narratives worthy of a novel, as well as anecdotes of the quiet everydayness of everyday things, both grounding and inspiring.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Aug. 2025
Definition of everydayness
Noun
  • Banda’s first impulse was to maintain normality, stability, for the children.
    — Jesse Bedayn, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026
  • Weiss has her own particular vision of American and international normality.
    — Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of normality
Noun
  • His bro-ish ordinariness illustrates the political stakes in 1932—or in any year of your choosing.
    — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
  • The 25-year-old California singer-songwriter staked out his turf by taking pride in the ordinariness of his hit, from the mild-mannered vocals to the drama-free sincerity of his romantic imagery.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of ordinariness
Noun
  • This specific subtype could help to explain the traditional night owl chronotype’s commonness in men.
    — Kate Graham-Shaw, Scientific American, 9 July 2026
  • At the same time, Tacitus points readers to the prevalence and thus the normalization and commonness of this rhetoric, which can become an inseparable corollary of a program of making war.
    — Timothy Joseph, The Conversation, 21 Jan. 2026
Definition of commonness
Noun
  • Au Kam San, a Macao pro-democracy former lawmaker, was sentenced to 12½ years in prison after a closed-door trial that raised concerns about fairness in the Chinese casino hub's first national security case since the law was enacted in 2009.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Both rank highly among liberal democracies when assessing the fairness of elections, the rule of law, checks on the executive, trust in government, and media freedom.
    — Daniel Waldenstrom, Foreign Affairs, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of fairness
Noun
  • Slow beauty is the trend reshaping how younger shoppers buy skincare in 2026, swapping the 10-step routine for fewer products and more deliberate rituals.
    — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Combined with its intelligent cleaning modes, this allows the K70 to adapt its cleaning routine to different maintenance requirements.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of routine

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“Mundaneness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mundaneness. Accessed 12 Nov. 2026.

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