1
as in prevalence
the fact or state of happening often
tardiness of as much commonness as the rising of the sun
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2
as in lowness
the quality or state of lacking refinement or good taste
the socialites were appalled by the newcomer's commonness
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Recent Examples of commonness
At the same time, Tacitus points readers to the prevalence and thus the normalization and commonness of this rhetoric, which can become an inseparable corollary of a program of making war.
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Timothy Joseph, The Conversation, 21 Jan. 2026
The biggest enemy of scientific progress isn’t groupthink at all, despite the commonness of this accusation.
—Big Think, 30 Oct. 2025
Timothy Joseph, The Conversation, 21 Jan. 2026
The biggest enemy of scientific progress isn’t groupthink at all, despite the commonness of this accusation.
—Big Think, 30 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for commonness
Noun
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To measure the prevalence and effect of this kind of cognitive surrender to AI, the researchers performed a number of studies based on Cognitive Reflection Tests.—
Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
3 Apr. 2026
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Studies have looked at the prevalence of microplastics in drinking water and in people’s hearts, brains and testicles.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
2 Apr. 2026
Noun
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That feeling stops, however, when pulling into gas stations or parking lots, where the length and lowness of the car require extreme care to keep the chin from scraping.—
Byron Hurd,
The Drive,
4 Feb. 2026
Noun
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For the full list of cities and flight frequency, click here.—
Beth Luberecki,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2026
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The rise of high-frequency trading convinced us that everything is priced in instantly, obscuring pockets of friction.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
31 Mar. 2026
Noun
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But if there truly is an epidemic of canine defecation in your area, then the solution is not to turn up the rudeness volume, but to appeal to a system or organization that addresses public health or the care of public spaces.—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
18 Mar. 2026
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But only those who had been woken up without warning with a degree of rudeness would remember this night when their own time came.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Feb. 2026
Noun
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If an exclamation point only signified gore and grossness, this gothic rock opera would more than qualify.—
Rachel Simon,
Vulture,
6 Mar. 2026
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The characters’ propensity for ugly faces, silliness and a bit of grossness too, stems from the portrayals of girlhood and young womanhood that appeal to them.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Mar. 2026
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Interest in imperfection, roughness, and asymmetry was already growing in the digital era before AI arrived.—
Andrey Mir,
Big Think,
31 Mar. 2026
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There is still a little roughness around the edges.—
Adam Ismail,
The Drive,
25 Mar. 2026
Noun
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But many seemingly urbane texts also benefited from the intellectual and moral coarseness of their times.—
Christine Smallwood,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
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The term plant texture refers to the fineness or coarseness, roughness or smoothness, heaviness or lightness of a particular plant.—
David Beaulieu,
The Spruce,
15 Feb. 2026
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The values are different now, the lifestyles, the accepted vulgarity, the manners, the view of what’s patriotic and what’s not, the concept of service.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Apr. 2026
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It is hoped that political ad campaigns would aim to lessen the meanness and divisiveness and vulgarity that have damaged our democracy.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Feb. 2026
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“Commonness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/commonness. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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