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normalcy

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of normalcy

the state or fact of being the way things usually are
  • a combat-weary soldier longing for the normalcy of peacetime life
Synonyms of normalcy

normality, status quo
Words Related to normalcy

groove, routine, rut

currency, prevalence

conventionality

harmony, orderliness, peace
Near Antonyms of normalcy

irregularity, uncommonness, unusualness

disorderliness, disruptiveness

disruption, disturbance

anomalousness, deviance

exceptionalness, extraordinariness, noteworthiness, remarkableness

unconventionality
Antonyms of normalcy

abnormality

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