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COMMONNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sharing of common attributes
Synonyms:
commonality; commonness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("commonness" is a kind of...):
generality (the quality of being general or widespread or having general applicability)
Attribute:
common (belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "commonness"):
solidarity (a union of interests or purposes or sympathies among members of a group)
Derivation:
common (belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public)
common (of or associated with the great masses of people)
common (common to or shared by two or more parties)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Ordinariness as a consequence of being frequent and commonplace
Synonyms:
commonness; commonplaceness; everydayness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("commonness" is a kind of...):
mundaneness; mundanity; ordinariness (the quality of being commonplace and ordinary)
Attribute:
common (having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual)
uncommon (not common or ordinarily encountered; unusually great in amount or remarkable in character or kind)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "commonness"):
prosaicness; prosiness (commonplaceness as a consequence of being humdrum and not exciting)
usualness (commonness by virtue of not being unusual)
Antonym:
uncommonness (extraordinariness as a consequence of being rare and seldom encountered)
Derivation:
common (having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual)
common (being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The quality of lacking taste and refinement
Synonyms:
coarseness; commonness; grossness; raunch; vulgarism; vulgarity
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("commonness" is a kind of...):
inelegance (the quality of lacking refinement and good taste)
Derivation:
common (lacking refinement or cultivation or taste)
common (of low or inferior quality or value)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The state of being that is commonly observed
Synonyms:
commonness; expectedness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("commonness" is a kind of...):
normalcy; normality (being within certain limits that define the range of normal functioning)
Derivation:
common (commonly encountered)
common (to be expected; standard)
