mundaneness

noun

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Recent Examples of mundaneness 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
  • Hie thee then to the French novelist Marie Ndiaye, who loves to smash violence and mundanity together.
    — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 2 July 2026
  • There is a mundanity to their romance, which is refreshing.
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 26 June 2026
Definition of mundanity
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  • 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
  • In Season 2, the Klatts are finally getting back to normality until Wanda is caught seemingly red-handed standing over a dead body.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 15 July 2026
  • Sometimes there’s no need to look any further than normality.
    — TIME, Time, 26 June 2026
Definition of normality
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
  • 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
  • The goal not to invent a new standard of fairness after the fact, just to apply the existing standards consistently.
    — Andrew Leahey, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • People are reacting not only to climate change itself but also to what a policy signals about government, markets, fairness and personal cost.
    — Mayank Kejriwal, The Conversation, 21 July 2026
Definition of fairness
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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