Everydayness

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The quality or state of happening every day, or frequently. uncountable, usually

    "Lily reaches into the everydayness of our lives to expose, not only the overall lack of consciousness in American society, but our personal faux-pas's in relating as human beings."

  2. 2
    ordinariness as a consequence of being frequent and commonplace wordnet
  3. 3
    The product or result of happening every day, or frequently. countable, usually

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commonnesscommonnesscommonplacenessmundanitynormalcynormality

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"Lily reaches into the everydayness of our lives to expose, not only the overall lack of consciousness in American society, but our personal faux-pas's in relating as human beings."

Etymology

From everyday + -ness. Compare the similarly-formed German Alltäglichkeit (alltäglich + -keit).

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