mundaneness

mundaneness
noun
1. the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment
• Ant: ↑naivete (for: ↑sophistication)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑mundane, ↑worldly (for: ↑worldliness), ↑sophisticate (for: ↑sophistication)
• Hypernyms: ↑quality
2. the quality of being commonplace and ordinary
• Syn: ↑ordinariness, ↑mundanity
• Derivationally related forms: ↑mundane (for: ↑mundanity), ↑mundane, ↑ordinary (for: ↑ordinariness)
• Hypernyms: ↑quality
• Attrubites: ↑ordinary, ↑extraordinary

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\\-ānnə̇s\ noun (-es)
: the quality or state of being mundane

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mundaneˈness or mundanity /-danˈi-ti/ noun
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Main Entry: ↑mundane

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  • mundaneness — mundane ► ADJECTIVE 1) lacking interest or excitement. 2) of this earthly world rather than a heavenly or spiritual one. DERIVATIVES mundanely adverb mundaneness noun mundanity noun. ORIGIN from Latin mundus world …   English terms dictionary

  • mundaneness — noun see mundane …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • mundaneness — See mundanely. * * * …   Universalium

  • mundaneness — noun The characteristic of being mundane; ordinariness; worldliness. See Also: mundanity …   Wiktionary

  • mundaneness — mÊŒn deɪnnɪs n. earthliness, worldliness …   English contemporary dictionary

  • mundaneness — mun·dane·ness …   English syllables

  • mundanity — noun 1. the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment • Syn: ↑sophistication, ↑worldliness, ↑mundaneness • Ant: ↑naivete (for: ↑sophistication) …   Useful english dictionary

  • ordinariness — noun the quality of being commonplace and ordinary • Syn: ↑mundaneness, ↑mundanity • Ant: ↑extraordinariness • Derivationally related forms: ↑mundane (for: ↑mundanity …   Useful english dictionary

  • sophistication — noun 1. uplifting enlightenment (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑edification • Derivationally related forms: ↑edify (for: ↑edification) • Hypernyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • worldliness — noun 1. the quality or character of being intellectually sophisticated and worldly through cultivation or experience or disillusionment • Syn: ↑sophistication, ↑mundaneness, ↑mundanity • Ant: ↑naivete (for: ↑sophistication) …   Useful english dictionary

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