Lexic.us

Definition of Normalcy

1. Noun. Being within certain limits that define the range of normal functioning.

2. Noun. Expectedness as a consequence of being usual or regular or common.

Definition of Normalcy

1. n. The quality, state, or fact of being normal; as, the point of normalcy.

Definition of Normalcy

1. Noun. (American English) The state of being normal; the fact of being normal; normality. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Normalcy

1. conformity with the norm [n -CIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Normalcy

normal pauses normal pressure hydrocephalus normal range normal saline normal school normal serum normal space normal spaces normal subgroup normal subgroups

normal tartrate normal time normal toxin normal values normalcies normalcy (current term) normalcy bias normale normalin normalisable

normalisation normalise normalised normaliser normalisers normalises normalish normalising normalities normality

Literary usage of Normalcy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. From Harrison to Harding: A Personal Narrative, Covering a Third of a by Arthur Wallace Dunn (1922)
"... The People Decide to Return to normalcy — League of Nations Buried by the Voters of the United States in a Solemn Referendum — Harding Elected President ..."

2. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"derided normalcy as a characteristically laughable malapropism. The noun formed from the adjective normal, they pointed out, was normality; nouns ending in ..."

3. An Unentangled Knowing: Lessons in Training the Mind by Upasika K. Nanayon (1998)
"So you first have to learn to recognize the mind at normalcy, keeping your words and deeds at normalcy, too. "normalcy" here means being free of liking and ..."

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