AVERAGENESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does averageness mean? 

• AVERAGENESS (noun)
  The noun AVERAGENESS has 2 senses:

1. the state of being that is average; indicates normality but with connotations of mediocrity

2. ordinariness as a consequence of being average and not outstanding

  Familiarity information: AVERAGENESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AVERAGENESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The state of being that is average; indicates normality but with connotations of mediocrity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("averageness" is a kind of...):

normalcy; normality (being within certain limits that define the range of normal functioning)

Derivation:

average (lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered)

average (approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value)

average (lacking exceptional quality or ability)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Ordinariness as a consequence of being average and not outstanding

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

averageness; mediocrity

Hypernyms ("averageness" is a kind of...):

mundaneness; mundanity; ordinariness (the quality of being commonplace and ordinary)

Derivation:

average (lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered)

average (lacking exceptional quality or ability)