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noun
The characteristic of being mundane; ordinariness; worldliness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the quality of being commonplace and ordinary
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: ordinariness, mundanity
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: quality
Narrower terms: averageness, mediocrity, expectedness, commonness, commonplaceness, everydayness
noun
the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: sophistication, worldliness, mundanity
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: quality
History
Etymology tree English mundane 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 mundaneness From mundane + -ness.
Across languages
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