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MUNDANITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being commonplace and ordinary
Synonyms:
mundaneness; mundanity; ordinariness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("mundanity" is a kind of...):
quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)
Attribute:
ordinary (not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree)
extraordinary (beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mundanity"):
averageness; mediocrity (ordinariness as a consequence of being average and not outstanding)
expectedness (ordinariness as a consequence of being expected and not surprising)
commonness; commonplaceness; everydayness (ordinariness as a consequence of being frequent and commonplace)
Derivation:
mundane (found in the ordinary course of events)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment
Synonyms:
mundaneness; mundanity; sophistication; worldliness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("mundanity" is a kind of...):
quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)