normalcy
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4.1
- noun
- /ˈnɔːrməlsi/
- US
:
normalidad
- I can assure you, come Tuesday, your lives will return to normalcy.
- return to normalcy
- a sense of normalcy
- restore normalcy
But the goal is to go back to that normalcy of smooth sailing.
- But the goal is to go back to that normalcy of smooth sailing.
- At that point, I was just longing for some sort of normalcy.
- We as human beings seek safety, homeostasis, normalcy.
- But three years into a relationship, how do you avoid the boring normalcy of being with someone so long?
- So like, that's good because I get some sense of normalcy.
- And you kind of get lost in the cycle of normalcy.
- You'll know because your rhythm will start to fall into some degree of normalcy.
- How do we and our kids especially work our way back to some form of normalcy?
- Kamala Harris comes out of a different tradition and she wants to get back to normalcy.
- And I think that we have to stop celebrating the bare minimum and stop celebrating normalcy.
- So there is a possibility of the Earth returning to something like what we call normalcy.
- You know, it's, there's people going in and managing all this stuff to enable us to have some sense of normalcy.
- Really, I think the one thing that people need to be scared about and have a healthy fear of is a fear of normalcy.
- He wants to drag you back into its normalcy and your routines and your habits and the way that you see the world by default.
- Why does so many others belittle it or dismiss demands for normalcy as selfish?
Examples
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Our guests today all live far beyond the borders of normalcy.
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More than anything else, that smell restored a sense of normalcy that helped settle Hatch's nerves.
Fiction book (1992) -
I wanted to bring you just the hope of normalcy one day.
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How weird is it going to be when we get back to like, traffic and like the normalcy of just how things sound?
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Then you gotta date three or four women just to get some normalcy in your life.
Fiction book (1999) -
I think one of the key questions to ask yourself is where can I find some normalcy in my personal schedule?
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You need something like this to bring you back to normalcy.
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Back in our nation's capital, ground was broken on the restoration of the White House, marking a significant step towards normalcy for the country.
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"Well, maybe we could all use a bit of normalcy right now," Julia said.
Fiction book (1998) -
After several difficult months, the community finally began to experience a sense of normalcy again.
Synonyms
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3.7
A usual way people in a group behave
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1.0
The usual or expected state
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3.3
Happening often in the same way or at the same times
13
3.5
A time when things are usual and happen as expected
3
4.1
A state of being usual and not special
1
6.8
The ordinary daily life people live
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6.1
How much something is like a usual example in a group
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4.7
A state of being ordinary and not special
The state of being ordinary and like a normal routine
How usual and not surprising something is
Days or tasks happen the same way again and again
The quality of being seen as normal in a group or society
Antonyms
How Normal
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Normalcy comes from normal plus the ending -cy, so it means 'the state of being normal'. One famous moment that made the word popular was U.S. President Warren G. Harding's phrase 'return to normalcy', and that helps us remember normalcy means a return to usual, everyday life.