normality

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /nɔrˈmæləti/ UK /nɔːˈmæləti/ See IPA manual

noun

Meanings

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noun
the condition of being normal or usual

Life slowly returned to normality after the storm passed.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the condition of being... normalcyregularity ordinarinessusualnessconventionality

Opposites

abnormality irregularity anomaly

Word family

Related forms normalnormalcynormalize

Etymology

From normal + -ity, from Latin normalis ('made according to a carpenter's square'), from norma ('rule, pattern, carpenter's square').

norma Latin

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# normality

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** nɔrˈmæləti
**IPA (UK):** nɔːˈmæləti

## Meanings
1. the condition of being normal or usual

## Examples
- Life slowly returned to normality after the storm passed.

## Synonyms
- normalcy
- regularity
- ordinariness
- usualness
- conventionality

## Antonyms
- abnormality
- irregularity
- anomaly

## Related Forms
- normal
- normalcy
- normalize

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: norma

## Etymology
From normal + -ity, from Latin normalis ('made according to a carpenter's square'), from norma ('rule, pattern, carpenter's square').

## AI Etymology
Normality comes from normal + -ity, from Latin normalis ('made according to a carpenter's square'), from norma ('rule, pattern, carpenter's square'). The etymological trail includes Latin norma. As a noun, normality means the condition of being normal or usual. The same family is visible in related forms such as normal, normalcy, and normalize. Morphologically, the word is built from the elements named in its history, so the modern form preserves a visible compound, prefix, or suffix structure.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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