usualism

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noun

Something that is usual, or employed in the usual way; a norm.

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Meanings

nounusualism (plural usualisms)

plural usualisms

  1. Something that is usual, or employed in the usual way; a norm.

    The average between the stations of ages becomes a normal usualism that they can depend upon in insuring.

    1976, Harvey Stallard, Occlusion, page 115
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    In this communicational mode, language units can be differentiated as usualisms and contextualisms (Fig. 4-6).

    2020, Alexander Barkovich, Informational Linguistics: The New Communicational Reality, page 125

Origin

From usual + -ism.

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Chicago

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