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noun
The quality of being common in the sense of ordinary, usual or mundane.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The quality of being common in the sense of vulgar, coarse or low class.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
sharing of common attributes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: commonality
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: generality
Narrower terms: solidarity
noun
ordinariness as a consequence of being frequent and commonplace
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: commonplaceness, everydayness
Antonyms: uncommonness
Broader terms: ordinariness, mundaneness, mundanity
Narrower terms: prosiness, prosaicness, usualness
noun
the quality of lacking taste and refinement
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: coarseness, grossness, vulgarity, vulgarism, raunch
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: inelegance
noun
the state of being that is commonly observed
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: expectedness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: normality, normalcy
History
Etymology tree English common Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English commonness From common + -ness.
Across languages
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
