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I can't actually read interviews with thesps now because they're almost always fantastically predictable, the men especially. Actors are forever stressing their ordinariness, their beer and football-loving commitments.
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Meaning of "ordinariness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ORDINARINESS

ordinariness  [ˈɔːdɪnərɪnɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ORDINARINESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ordinariness 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 ORDINARINESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of ordinariness in the English dictionary

The definition of ordinariness in the dictionary is the state of being ordinary.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ORDINARINESS


airiness
ˈɛərɪnɪs
cheeriness
ˈtʃɪərɪnɪs
contrariness
kənˈtrɛərɪnɪs
dreariness
ˈdrɪərɪnɪs
hairiness
ˈhɛərɪnɪs
imaginariness
ɪˈmædʒɪnərɪnɪs
jitteriness
ˈdʒɪtərɪnɪs
mercenariness
ˈmɜːsɪnərɪnɪs
necessariness
ˈnɛsɪsərɪnɪs
orneriness
ˈɔːnərɪnɪs
sanitariness
ˈsænɪtərɪnɪs
slipperiness
ˈslɪpərɪnɪs
solitariness
ˈsɒlɪtərɪnɪs
stationariness
ˈsteɪʃənərɪnɪs
unnecessariness
ʌnˈnɛsəsərɪnɪs
visionariness
ˈvɪʒənərɪnɪs
voluntariness
ˈvɒləntərɪnɪs
wariness
ˈwɛərɪnɪs
weariness
ˈwɪərɪnɪs
wiriness
ˈwaɪərɪnɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ORDINARINESS

ordinal
ordinal number
ordinal scale
ordinally
ordinance
ordinand
ordinant
ordinaries
ordinarily
ordinary
ordinary degree
Ordinary grade
ordinary lay
Ordinary level
Ordinary National Certificate
Ordinary National Diploma
ordinary rating
ordinary ray
ordinary seaman
ordinary shares

WORDS THAT END LIKE ORDINARINESS

agribusiness
big business
bulkiness
business
cleanliness
cleanliness is next to godliness
comeliness
dizziness
do the business
e-business
emptiness
family business
fitness
friendliness
happiness
holiness
laziness
loneliness
loveliness
readiness
timeliness

Synonyms and antonyms of ordinariness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «ordinariness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ORDINARINESS

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

Translator English - Chinese

平凡
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ordinariez
570 millions of speakers

English

ordinariness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सर्वसाधारण
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الاعتيادية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

обыденность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ordinariness
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সাধারণত্ব
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

banalité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ordinariness
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Gewöhnlichkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

普通さ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

평상
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ordinar
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tầm thường
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ordinariness
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सुव्यवस्था
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sıradanlığını
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ordinarietà
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zwyczajność
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

буденність
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

banalitate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

συνηθισμένου
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

alledaagsheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vanlig
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ordinariness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ordinariness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ORDINARINESS»

The term «ordinariness» is regularly used and occupies the 97.355 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ORDINARINESS» OVER TIME

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

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6 QUOTES WITH «ORDINARINESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word ordinariness.
1
Ronald Blythe
The ordinariness of living to be old is too novel a thing to appreciate.
2
Taylor Caldwell
It is human nature to instinctively rebel at obscurity or ordinariness.
3
Donald Judd
But I think you have to - whatever the environment looks like, it does enter into people's art work one way or another; it's very remote or it isn't. It's remote in my work but it has to have a certain degree of ordinariness.
4
John Shelton Reed
But I still do believe that there are useful things to say about Elvis Presley, including what his own ordinariness as a poor Southerner says about 20th-century hero-making.
5
Ursus Wehrli
Our everyday lives are filled with complex decisions. We long for simplicity and ordinariness.
6
Peter York
I can't actually read interviews with thesps now because they're almost always fantastically predictable, the men especially. Actors are forever stressing their ordinariness, their beer and football-loving commitments.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ORDINARINESS»

Discover the use of ordinariness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ordinariness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Young People and the Curse of Ordinariness
Or they accuse other people of being different... Or they get beaten up for being different... This book is about young people trying to find answers, or at least trying to live more comfortably with the question.
Nick Luxmoore, 2011
2
Streets, Bedrooms, and Patios: The Ordinariness of Diversity ...
In this rich ethnography of the city, Michael Higgins and Tanya Coen explore how these activities fit into the ordinary daily lives of the people of Oaxaca.
Michael James Higgins, Tanya L. Coen, 2000
3
Touching the Holy: Ordinariness, Self-Esteem, and Friendship
This newly repackaged edition of Dr. Robert J. Wicks's most popular book will revitalize his message of ordinariness, self-esteem, and friendship for a new generation of spiritual seekers.
Robert J. Wicks, 2007
4
Nursing as Therapy
Ordinariness. in. nursing. as. therapy. Beverley. Taylor. Some things in life are so commonplace that they are virtually unnoticed on a daily basis. Arguably, two of the most obvious enduring characteristics of human life are the sky and the earth  ...
Richard McMahon, Alan Pearson, 1998
5
Ordinariness and Light: Urban Theories 1952-1960 and Their ...
An extended exploration of the authors' theories and work over the past seventeen years, in which not only their aesthetic but also their political and emotional concerns are made plain.
Alison Margaret Smithson, Peter Smithson, 1970
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Streets, Bedrooms, and Patios: The Ordinariness of Diversity ...
In this rich ethnography of the city, Michael Higgins and Tanya Coen explore how these activities fit into the ordinary daily lives of the people of Oaxaca.
Michael James Higgins, Tanya L. Coen, 2010
7
Same Sex Marriages: New Generations, New Relationships
This raises the reconfiguring links between ordinariness and difference. Despite the commonalities between contemporary experiences of samesex and heterosexual relationships that we have highlighted in this book, differences still matter in ...
Brian Heaphy, Carol Smart, Anna Einarsdottir, 2013
8
The Sharpest Point: Animation at the End of Cinema
In short, art is the world where being ordinary is not permitted; the artist's version would have to be a dressed-up pretense of ordinariness. Therefore, the ordinariness that Tabaimo advocates is a consciously produced "ordinariness.
Chris Gehman, Steve Reinke, 2005
9
Developing a Poetics of Ordinariness: Language, Literature ...
An examination of Celati's novels of this period reveal an intellectual that is critical of the ways that society uses literature and language to further disenfranchise its weakest members.
Monica Powers, 2006
10
Questions of Method in Cultural Studies
Ordinariness” is arguably the first attempt of cultural studies to manipulate disciplinary assumptions of scale in order to call attention to particular political goals. In their writings in the 1950s and 1960s, Richard Hoggart, E.P. Thompson,  ...
Mimi White, James Schwoch, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ORDINARINESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ordinariness is used in the context of the following news items.
1
This Incredible Trans Woman Is Challenging The Way We Think …
As people see what is possible, more will come out and we'll become more familiar with the ordinariness of gender difference and diversity. «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
2
St. Louis Cardinals, Atlanta Braves have been two of baseball's best …
More recently, however, the Braves seem to have slipped into a pit of ordinariness. They finished four games below .500 (79-83) in 2014, and ... «FOXSports.com, Jul 15»
3
How to look at Los Angeles: A conversation with DJ Waldie, Lynell …
Why does so much of what is written about it fail to capture its scale, its diversity, its complexity and its ordinariness? What is the best way in ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
4
Robot reveals intracacies of the Humans touch
But you could see all this ordinariness as radical -- and spooky. For most of us, the ramifications of future technology will be felt, most deeply ... «Winnipeg Free Press, Jul 15»
5
Can truth be in power or, coming into power, remain truthful?
To raise one's expectations of oneself, or relate oneself to an idea or a vision that is above the ordinariness of things is what mottos are ... «Hindustan Times, Jul 15»
6
Music, mediocrity and motherhood in '33 Variations'
“Everything becomes a blur and you forget to appreciate the ordinariness of just being there. But Beethoven's favorite waltz has simplicity—and ... «Inquirer.net, Jul 15»
7
Obama's Kenya visit: no big deal… and why the ordinary nature of it …
But there is also an impressive ordinariness to the country's reaction. There will be no public holiday on Friday as the president criss-crosses ... «FT.com, Jul 15»
8
Our callous society makes us accessories to killings of all sorts
Again, the chilling ordinariness, matter-of-factness and banality of those who feel they can snuff out human life because they have reduced it to ... «Irish Examiner, Jul 15»
9
Review: 'Paper Towns' Tries to Fold Significance Into the Everyday
Comparing movies with their literary sources isn't always useful, but it's instructive that while the book validates Q's ordinariness, the movie tries ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
10
American Idiot, Arts Theatre, review: 'uninterrupted chaos'
The gang are given weight by their very ordinariness. Aaron Sidwell, as Johnny, engages the most with his cocky bravado and there's real ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»

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