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normalcy

noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈnɔɹməlsi/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: N AO1 R M AH0 L S IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The state of being geometrically normal, at a right angle.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: mathematics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The state of being normal; the fact of being normal; normality.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

expectedness as a consequence of being usual or regular or common

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: normality

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: expectedness

4

noun

Meaning 4

being within certain limits that define the range of normal functioning

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: normality

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: condition, status

Narrower terms: averageness, commonness, expectedness, typicality

History

Etymology

From normal + -cy. The original sense was mathematical. The broader sense was popularized in the United States by its use by President Warren G. Harding.https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=normalcy

Across languages

Translations

46 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: الحَالَة الطَبِيعِيَّة — state of being normal
  • Armenian: նորմալություն (normalutʻyun) — state of being normal
  • Belarusian: нарма́льнасць (narmálʹnascʹ) — state of being normal
  • Bulgarian: норма́лност (normálnost) — state of being normal
  • Catalan: normalitat — state of being normal
  • Chinese Mandarin: 正常 (zhèngcháng) — state of being normal
  • Chinese Mandarin: 常態 /常态 (chángtài) — state of being normal
  • Chinese Mandarin: 正規 /正规 (zhèngguī) — state of being normal
  • Czech: normálnost — state of being normal
  • Czech: normalita — state of being normal
  • Danish: normalitet — state of being normal
  • Dutch: normaliteit — state of being normal
  • Esperanto: normaleco — state of being normal
  • Estonian: normaalsus — state of being normal
  • Finnish: normaalius — state of being normal
  • Finnish: normaalitila — state of being normal
  • French: normalité — state of being normal
  • Georgian: ნორმალობა (normaloba) — state of being normal
  • German: Normalität — state of being normal
  • Greek: κανονικότης (kanonikótis) — state of being normal
  • Hebrew: נורמליות (nurmalyút) — state of being normal
  • Hungarian: szabályszerűség — state of being normal
  • Hungarian: természetszerűség — state of being normal
  • Irish: normáltacht — state of being normal
  • Italian: normalità — state of being normal
  • Japanese: 正常 (seijō) — state of being normal
  • Korean: 정상 (jeongsang) — state of being normal
  • Latvian: normālums — state of being normal
  • Latvian: normalitāte — state of being normal
  • Latvian: parastums — state of being normal
  • Latvian: parastība — state of being normal
  • Lithuanian: normalumas — state of being normal
  • Macedonian: нормалност (normalnost) — state of being normal
  • Norwegian: normalitet — state of being normal
  • Polish: normalność — state of being normal
  • Portuguese: normalidade — state of being normal
  • Romanian: normalitate — state of being normal
  • Russian: норма́льность (normálʹnostʹ) — state of being normal
  • Serbo-Croatian: норма́лно̄ст — state of being normal
  • Serbo-Croatian: normálnōst — state of being normal
  • Slovak: normálnosť — state of being normal
  • Slovene: normalnost — state of being normal
  • Spanish: normalidad — state of being normal
  • Swedish: normalitet — state of being normal
  • Turkish: normallik — state of being normal
  • Ukrainian: норма́льність (normálʹnistʹ) — state of being normal