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mundanity

American  
[muhn-dan-i-tee] / mʌnˈdæn ɪ ti /

noun

mundanities plural
  1. the condition or quality of being mundane; mundaneness.

  2. an instance of being mundane.

    one of the mundanities of everyday life.


Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

Etymology

Origin of mundanity

First recorded in 1495–1505; mundane + -ity

Example Sentences

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Now that initial trading is over, SpaceX needs to show that despite the mundanity of its debut, it can deliver a science fiction-like future.

From Barron's Jun. 12, 2026

He funneled his fascination into a science-fiction YouTube series about a seemingly endless universe where mundanity meets monsters.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 6, 2026

There’s a mundanity to the world Trương depicts here, yet also a kind of beguiling vision of what this world holds.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 4, 2025

Overwhelmed by the commitments or mundanity of day-to-day life, while simultaneously unwilling or unable to voice their emotions, men often find it hard to cope.

From BBC Jun. 13, 2024

In their midst one breathes a certain heady vapor of mundanity.

From The Simple Life by Hendee, Mary Louise

Chew-Bose makes plenty of space for life’s mundanities.

From Salon May 2, 2025

Ahead of her first performance at the BBC Proms, the actor explained that in exploring the mundanities of the composer's life and likening them to her own, he becomes less intimidating as a figure.

From BBC Aug. 30, 2024

And even at its twistiest, the melodrama never loses its grounding in the everyday mundanities of child rearing: the logistics of cribs and playmats, baby monitors and changing tables.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 23, 2021

Here the friendly mundanities of a workingman’s daily routine meet the grim shadow cast by the country’s Magdalene laundries.

From New York Times Nov. 30, 2021

One of the collection’s more consistent pleasures, in fact, is seeing the eminences in Bennett’s social circle encountering the mundanities and absurdities of everyday contemporary life.

From Slate Nov. 14, 2017

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