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everydayness en · NOUN

Etymology

From everyday + -ness. Compare the similarly-formed German Alltäglichkeit (alltäglich + -keit).

Meanings

  1. (uncountable, usually) The quality or state of happening every day, or frequently.
    • Lily reaches into the everydayness of our lives to expose, not only the overall lack of consciousness in American society, but our personal faux-pas's in relating as human beings. 1977 April 1, Steven Blevins, “Out On The Town”, in Gay Community News, page 12:
    • ... brings tranquilized self-assurance... into the average everydayness of Dasein. 2000, Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves, page 25:
  2. (countable, usually) The product or result of happening every day, or frequently.

Forms

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Synonyms

commonness · normality · regularity · normalcy · normalness

Translations (1)

de Alltäglichkeit (state of happening every day)