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Meaning of "mundanity" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MUNDANITY

mundanity  [mʌnˈdænɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MUNDANITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mundanity is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MUNDANITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Mundane

In subcultural and fictional uses, a mundane is a person who does not belong to a particular group, according to the members of that group; the implication is that such persons, lacking imagination, are concerned solely with the mundane: the quotidian and ordinary. The term first came into use in science fiction fandom to refer, sometimes deprecatingly, to non-fans; this use of the term antedates 1955.

Definition of mundanity in the English dictionary

The definition of mundanity in the dictionary is ordinariness.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MUNDANITY


aldermanity
ˌɔːldəˈmænɪtɪ
Christianity
ˌkrɪstɪˈænɪtɪ
churchianity
ˌtʃɜːtʃɪˈænɪtɪ
community
kəˈmjuːnɪtɪ
gigmanity
ɡɪɡˈmænɪtɪ
humanity
hjuːˈmænɪtɪ
inanity
ɪˈnænɪtɪ
infinity
ɪnˈfɪnɪtɪ
inhumanity
ˌɪnhjuːˈmænɪtɪ
insanity
ɪnˈsænɪtɪ
maternity
məˈtɜːnɪtɪ
opportunity
ˌɒpəˈtjuːnɪtɪ
profanity
prəˈfænɪtɪ
sanity
ˈsænɪtɪ
satanity
səˈtænɪtɪ
superhumanity
ˌsuːpəhjuːˈmænɪtɪ
trinity
ˈtrɪnɪtɪ
unity
ˈjuːnɪtɪ
urbanity
ɜːˈbænɪtɪ
vanity
ˈvænɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MUNDANITY

muncher
munchies
munchkin
Munda
mundane
mundanely
mundaneness
mundic
mundification
mundificative
mundify
mundungo
mundungus
mung
mung bean
munga
mungcorn
mungo

WORDS THAT END LIKE MUNDANITY

affinity
amenity
crime against humanity
dignity
divinity
equal opportunity
equal-opportunity
femininity
fraternity
gated community
global community
Holy Trinity
immunity
indemnity
masculinity
modernity
obscenity
serenity
vicinity
virginity

Synonyms and antonyms of mundanity in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «mundanity» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MUNDANITY

Find out the translation of mundanity to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of mundanity from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mundanity» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

mundanity
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mundanidad
570 millions of speakers

English

mundanity
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

mundanity
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

mundanity
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

суетности
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mundanidade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

mundanity
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mondanité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mundanity
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Alltäglichkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

mundanity
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

mundanity
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mundanity
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mundanity
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

mundanity
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दुय्यम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

gayet sıradan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mondanità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

powszedniości
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

суєтності
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mundanity
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

mundanity
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

mundanity
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mundanity
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mundanity
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mundanity

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MUNDANITY»

The term «mundanity» is normally little used and occupies the 126.437 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MUNDANITY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «mundanity» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «mundanity» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mundanity

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MUNDANITY»

Discover the use of mundanity in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mundanity and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Here Be Dragons: Exploring Fantasy Maps and Settings
share of the “hard work” of bringing to life what I call mundanity is left to the reader. This extension of mundanity is biased in a certain direction by the narrator's encouraging measures: the step- by-step route description and the historical ...
Stefan Ekman, 2013
2
The Dynamic Individualism of William James
The basic difference between epiphany and mundanity is that epiphany is characterized by wholeness, while mundanity is characterized by structure. Epiphany involves connection and insight. Here- tofore unnoticed similarities become ...
James O. Pawelski, 2012
3
Extreme Metal: Music and Culture on the Edge
The Experience of Mundanity Commitment to the scene makes many demands, particularly in terms of time, but only a tiny minority are able to make a living from their commitment. Virtually every scene member must earn a living by non-scenic  ...
Keith Kahn-Harris, 2007
4
The Taoist I Ching
Thereafter mundanity grows day by day and the celestial wanes day by day, until the celestial is finally extinguished. Though that first bit of mundanity be slight, its deleterious effects are powerful. The Tao of striving for the gold elixir has in fact ...
Liu I-ming
5
Research Alive: Exploring Generative Moments in Doing ...
Attending to the mundanity of excellence Dan Chambliss (1989) discusses the “ mundanity of excellence” as a way to think about the dynamics of achievement and social inequality. It is not necessarily that the concert pianist or the Olympic ...
Arne Carlsen, Jane E. Dutton, 2011
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The Ecstatic Poetic Tradition: A Critical Study from the ...
Neither strategy can serve to facilitate growth, as both refuse to recognize that mundanity and epiphany, configured as complimentary opposites, offer potential to enrich the psyche. “In contrast to these pathological responses,” argues ...
D.J. Moores, 2014
7
Nietzsche and Levinas: "After the Death of a Certain God"
What kindof space ofconversation might this mundanity of life open when life goes on?How arewe toregister the gravity of thinking after theabyss in that mundanity?How, indeed, areweto begin accounting for a conversation between ...
Jill Stauffer, Bettina Bergo, 2013
8
Varieties of Secularism in a Secular Age
The mundane also falls out of academic knowledge: after all, the modern university system is sanctioned by the social utilities it produces. For all that, some philosophical ethics in particular can enjoin us to mundanity from afar. There may be a ...
Michael Warner, Jonathan VanAntwerpen, Craig J. Calhoun, 2010
9
Learning From the Links: Mastering Management Using Lessons ...
Excellence, in other words, is systemic, or as Chambliss puts it, “The simple doing of certain small tasks can generate huge results. Excellence is mundane.”* There is certainly a good deal of evidence for the mundanity of excellence in golf.
David K. Hurst, 2010
10
A Place Apart: Responding to Youth Charged as Adults in a ...
Mundanity. and. Drama. Calendars days are those days – usually one day a week – set aside in the Youth Part for control dates and routine processing of cases. On a typical calendar day anywhere from 15-40 defendants can come before the ...
Carla Barrett, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MUNDANITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mundanity is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Cops get busy destroying evidence ... and that's good
Each item has a history that often belies its mundanity. A single steak knife that Pearson catalogued in April was from the scene of an old ... «Jackson Hole News&Guide, Jul 15»
2
Twitter Profiles Spell Out The Lyrics To "Tainted Love" In This …
... otherwise known as Jim Mortleman, with the following text: "Twitter in all its diversity—from mundanity to perversity—"sings" Soft Cell. Enjoy. «Co.Create, Jul 15»
3
Party Down: a US sitcom that richly deserves your time
Its hand-held single camera style and wryly observed mundanity became so seminal that for a period in 2009, it was technically illegal to ... «Den Of Geek, Jul 15»
4
Museum of Art gallery talk features photographers in 'Points of View'
... that are easily overlooked due to their mundanity. Many of White's images are of microscopic or subterranean structures of native plants. «Bates News, Jul 15»
5
Batkid Begins Reveals the Epic Origin Behind a Make-A-Wish Triumph
But as Make-A-Wish local executive director Patricia Wilson assembles her team of superfriends, the mundanity becomes inspirational. «Miami New Times, Jul 15»
6
The Terrifying Mundanity of BTK's Family Photos Will Make You …
The Terrifying Mundanity of BTK's Family Photos Will Make You Question ... The Terrifying Mundanity of BTK's Family Photos Will Make You ... «moviepilot.com, Jul 15»
7
10 FAVORITE WITCH TV SHOWS/MINI SERIES
... Upon a Time delivers textured, multi-layered character development and brings the power of magic deftly into the mundanity of everyday life. «Patheos, Jul 15»
8
Kim Kardashian's selfish quest for a sense of self
Alongside the glamor and festivity of the moment, it also succeeds in capturing mundanity and wretched loneliness. Perhaps the answer to the ... «Haaretz, Jul 15»
9
Review: A brilliant New York City Ballet season at SPAC ... and the …
... and both Teresa Reichlen and Ashley Bouder showed us, each in a unique way, how to transcend our mechanized mundanity and really live ... «Troy Record, Jul 15»
10
Unimpressed with theatre? So is Jordan Tannahill: Review
In the second chapter of his lively and passionate jeremiad against mundanity in contemporary English-language theatre, Theatre of the ... «Toronto Star, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Mundanity [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/mundanity>. Apr 2024 ».
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