Commonplaceness

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state or quality of being commonplace. uncountable

    "Yet, despite the commonplaceness of her appearance, there was one respect in which she stood out from the ordinary: she had light grey eyes, a feature that was unusual in that part of the country."

  2. 2
    ordinariness as a consequence of being frequent and commonplace wordnet

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banalitybasenessclichecommonnesscommonnesscurrency

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"Yet, despite the commonplaceness of her appearance, there was one respect in which she stood out from the ordinary: she had light grey eyes, a feature that was unusual in that part of the country."

Etymology

From commonplace + -ness.

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