TYPICALITY Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

typicality

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Definition of typicality

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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

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

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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

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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

Definition of averageness

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Employers and health plans should evaluate newly available claims data to assess timing and adequacy of prenatal visits, postpartum visits, and appropriate vaccination both before and during pregnancy to protect the mother and her newborn.

— Jeff Levin-Scherz, STAT, 23 July 2026
Employers should also remain mindful that, in the absence of a prescribed form, the adequacy of any notice may ultimately be evaluated in the context of enforcement activity or complaints.

— Alonzo Martinez, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026

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