quotidian
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8.2
- adjective
- /kwəˈtɪdɪən/
:
cotidiano
- Many people find beauty in the quotidian moments of life, such as enjoying a cup of coffee in the morning.
- quotidian life
- quotidian reality
- quotidian details
Nowhere bigger, nowhere more poetic or profound, just in this total quotidian space.
- Nowhere bigger, nowhere more poetic or profound, just in this total quotidian space.
- The idea that strange worlds are waiting for you just behind a quotidian portal strikes me as one of the most basic intuitions of magical thinking.
Examples
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I was equally interacting and participating with the women in a quotidian form of activity.
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Besides, everyone just wanted to have a good time and escape from quotidian pressures and tragedies.
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No, I mean your actual, quotidian home.
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Not in the real quotidian world, anyway.
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How do you manage to make quotidian events so hilarious, every single time?
Blog text (5) -
Translating good intentions into quotidian reality demands an effective decision-making and review process.
Academic text (2016) -
Culture has to be infused in the most quotidian interactions and in the grander visions and actions.
Blog text (19) -
Second, my approach stresses the role of people as agents whose quotidian practices make and unmake societal structures.
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For Chekhov's characters, quotidian life is synonymous with unhappy and gray banality.
Academic text (2003) -
What if we interpret this scene as the entr'acte between Bloom's quotidian conversations and his imminent scene of writing?
Academic text (2017)
Synonyms
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1.0
Happening most of the time in a normal way
870
1.0
Happening at fixed times on a schedule
683
1.0
Normal and not special or unusual
276
1.0
Ordinary clothes or things used in daily life, not for special occasions
263
1.0
Happening as a usual part of daily life
127
1.1
Things you do every day as part of normal life
80
4.3
Ordinary daily things or events that are not special and often feel boring
54
3.4
Ordinary and not special or new
28
4.0
Happens often in the same way
20
3.5
Being ordinary and not interesting
3
5.3
Ordinary and not special in everyday life
Ordinary and not special
Ordinary and not special, like a simple jacket you can buy anywhere
How Ordinary
Surface Forms
Etymology
Quotidian comes from the Latin quotidie 'every day', made from quot and die, with die meaning 'day'. So, like the word daily, quotidian describes something ordinary or happening every day.