normality

American  

[nawr-mal-i-tee] / nɔrˈmæl ɪ ti /

noun

• normalities
  plural

1. conformity to the standard, typical, or average level, rate, condition or set of conditions, characteristics, behavior, etc..

   Any assumption of a quick return to normality and business as usual is premature.

   Surprising as it may sound, simple changes to your bed and lifestyle could prove to be the difference between severe pain and normality.

2. Chemistry. the concentration of a solution relative to that of a normal solution, one that contains one equivalent weight of the solute per liter.

   Since gram equivalent weight is the measure of the reactive capacity of a molecule, the solute's role in the reaction determines the solution's normality.

3. Statistics. the fact or property of showing a frequency distribution representable by a normal curve, a symmetrical bell-shaped curve.

   To confirm the statistical validity of the model I ran a number of diagnostics, checking for observations of influences and for normality of the distribution.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• normalities
  plural

Etymology

Origin of normality

First recorded in 1830–40; normal ( def. ) + -ity ( def. )

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How does normality compare to similar and commonly confused words? Explore the most common comparisons:

• normalcy vs. normality

Explanation

When something happens that shakes up your life, you probably look forward to a return to normality, meaning the usual happenings of everyday life. To correctly pronounce normality, accent the second syllable and rhyme it with gal: "nor-MAL-ity." When you look at normality, you notice the word normal, which describes something that meets common standards. The suffix -ity means "the state of being," so normality refers to a state that is normal, something that is just as expected. Normality and normalcy are synonyms, the later associated with President Warren G. Harding, who during a speech used normalcy instead of the more common normality.

Example Sentences

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normality normalities

More temporary accommodation will be made available "in order to restore normality in Ceuta", government spokeswoman Elma Saiz said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026

He was a former prosecutor who entered Parliament late in life, the unspoken pitch being that he would bring some dull normality back to British politics.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026

Stokes' return hinted normality may resume until his bombshell announcement on Sunday, one of the most extraordinary days in English cricket history.

From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2026

"The day I got to see him again was emotional, it felt like another step closer to normality," he added.

From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026

Even though we were now free, and life was returning to some kind of normality, this was the worst time of all for me because Peter’s letters just stopped coming.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

It must be emphasized that malignant normalities are not limited to politics.

From Salon ● Aug. 12, 2021

He finds it interesting to tinker with the normalities of a given game, but that he would never purposefully harm characters like the titular creatures in Pikmin.

From The Verge ● Dec. 7, 2017

They attest to the normalities of our lives, and suggest that in the long run there is a gentleness and decency that pre vails over the berserk flashes and the threats of sudden death.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is not journalism's ordinary business to deal with the unstartling normalities of life.

From Time Magazine Archive

With his outward-looking gaze fixed upon the eternal and pathetic normalities of the human situation, Anatole France has himself, like Voltaire, a constant tendency to gravitate towards politics and public affairs.

From Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations by John Cowper Powys

Related Words

• ordinariness
• uniformity