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normalcy

[nawr-muhl-see]

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noun

the quality or condition of being normal, as the general economic, political, and social conditions of a nation; normality.
After months of living in a state of tension, all yearned for a return to normalcy.

normalcy

A word used by President Warren Harding to describe the calm political and social order to which he wished to return the United States after the idealism and commotion of the presidency of Woodrow Wilson.

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Normalcy has been used as a general term for the political climate in the United States in the early 1920s.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of normalcy¹

First recorded in 1855–60; normal + -cy

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Maintaining a sense of normalcy — when it is safe to do so — helps kids stay on an even keel.

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“I think absurdity is most effective and funniest when it is set against normalcy,” Steel says.

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For many, prom night offered a rare sense of normalcy.

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She’s often pushing herself to perform whatever normalcy looks like for a college freshman.

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The Vault dwellers may have chin-tentacles and sinister secrets, but they understand something essential.In the post-apocalypse, the ability to feign normalcy — and further, to curate pleasure — is a luxury.

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