commonplaceness
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5.9
- noun
- /ˈkɒmənˌpleɪs.nəs/
- This commonplaceness may seem to place Shinto at the very opposite pole from the religious or the sacred.
Examples
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The commonplaceness of everyday conversations often leads to overlooked insights.
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She was surprised by the commonplaceness of the art that everyone praised.
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The commonplaceness of the weather this week made it hard to plan any outdoor activities.
Synonyms
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4.1
A state of being usual and not special
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7.4
Lacking new ideas and using the usual or expected forms
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2.3
How often something is found or shared by many people
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4.7
A state of being ordinary and not special
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6.8
The ordinary daily life people live
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5.9
A lack of new ideas that makes something seem dull and familiar
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6.7
A state of being ordinary and not exciting
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2.9
The state of being ordinary and like a normal routine
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4.7
Days or tasks happen the same way again and again
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9.1
The quality of being ordinary and not exciting
Antonyms
How Ordinary
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7.2
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4.1
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5.9
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4.7
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6.0
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4.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
commonplaceness = commonplace (transparent) = common + place + ness
The noun is formed by adding the productive suffix '-ness' to 'commonplace', so the meaning 'the quality of being ordinary' is directly derived.
Etymology
The word commonplaceness comes from commonplace plus the ending -ness; common means 'shared' or 'ordinary' and place means 'place', so commonplace once named something everyone knew or kept in a shared book, and -ness makes it the 'state of being' that way. That's why commonplaceness means the 'quality of being ordinary' or unremarkable.