Synonyms for normalcy
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : nawr-muh l-see |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈnɔr məl si |
Top 10 synonyms for normalcy
Définition of normalcy
Origin :- 1857, "mathematical condition of being at right angles," from normal + -cy. Associated since c.1920 with U.S. president Warren G. Harding and derided as an example of his incompetent speaking style. Previously used mostly in the mathematical sense. The word prefered by purists for "a normal situation" is normality (1849).
- noun usualness
- There are the children who have nothing, no love, no normalcy.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- Perhaps you won't think so when you see me get back to normalcy.
- Extract from : « Mary Louise and Josie O'Gorman » by Emma Speed Sampson
- The house party departed and Buck Hill settled into normalcy.
- Extract from : « The Comings of Cousin Ann » by Emma Speed Sampson
- A measure of normalcy had, by 1902, returned to life in Northern Virginia.
- Extract from : « The Fairfax County Courthouse » by Ross D. Netherton
- Parallel to normalcy ran the stream of radicalism, its enemy.
- Extract from : « Proclaim Liberty! » by Gilbert Seldes
- I see what must be done to jerk my Cousin Angela back to normalcy.
- Extract from : « Right Ho, Jeeves » by P. G. Wodehouse
- We will not measure up to those responsibilities by the simple return to "normalcy" that was tried after the last war.
- Extract from : « State of the Union Addresses of Harry S. Truman » by Harry S. Truman
- But King Ferdinand was an unusually efficient king, and he spared no pains in his craving for normalcy.
- Extract from : « A Parody Outline of History » by Donald Ogden Stewart
- The normalcy of this made my heart stop hammering, my heart catching up with my brain, and soon we were all sitting at the table.
- Extract from : « Little Brother » by Cory Doctorow
- We are merely getting back to normalcy in cosmetics—back behind the dun wall of the Victorian era.
- Extract from : « Nonsenseorship » by G. G. Putnam and Others
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