Meanings
plural everydaynesses
- uncountableusuallyThe quality or state of happening every day, or frequently.
... brings tranquilized self-assurance... into the average everydayness of Dasein.
2000, Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves, page 251 more example
Lily reaches into the everydayness of our lives to expose, not only the overall lack of consciousness in American society, but our personal faux-pas's in relating as human beings.
1977 April 1, Steven Blevins, “Out On The Town”, in Gay Community News, page 12 - countableusuallyThe product or result of happening every day, or frequently.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounordinariness as a consequence of being frequent and commonplace
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From everyday + -ness. Compare the similarly-formed German Alltäglichkeit (alltäglich + -keit).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
German Alltäglichkeit
- Alltäglichkeitstate of happening every day
Cite this entry
everydayness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/everydayness
“everydayness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/everydayness. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “everydayness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/everydayness.
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