What does "averageness" mean?

The state or quality of being average.

What is a synonym for "averageness"?

Common synonyms include: commonness, currency, garden variety, generality, mediocrity, normality.

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Noun

1
The state or quality of being average. uncountable
"‘Sometimes I feel like itʼs our mediocrity that saved us. Our averageness made us hold on to a centre, in a way that brilliant people canʼt.ʼ"
2
ordinariness as a consequence of being average and not outstanding wordnet
3
the state of being that is average; indicates normality but with connotations of mediocrity wordnet

"‘Sometimes I feel like itʼs our mediocrity that saved us. Our averageness made us hold on to a centre, in a way that brilliant people canʼt.ʼ"

From average + -ness.

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