mundanityn.

Brit.

/ˌmʌnˈdanᵻti/,

/ˌmʌnˈdeɪnᵻti/, U.S.

/ˌmənˈdeɪnᵻdi/

Forms: 1500s mundanitie, 1500s mundanyte, 1600s mundaneity, 1600s 1800s– mundanity, 1900s– mondanity.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: French mondanité ; mundane adj., -ity suffix.

Etymology: Partly < Middle French, French mondanité (14th cent.) < mondain (see mundane adj.) + -ité -ity suffix, and partly < mundane adj. + -ity suffix. N.E.D. (1908) gives only the pronunciation (mɒndæ·nĭti) /mʌnˈdænɪtɪ/.

1. The quality or fact of belonging to the world; worldliness. In plural: †worldly concerns or pursuits (obsolete).Now passing into sense 3.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > unspirituality > [noun]

secularity1395

sieclec1400

worldlishipa1425

worldliness?c1430

worldlihoodc1443

mundanity1506

secularness?1529

carnality1548

carnalness1549

earthliness1549

rudiments of the world1557

Sadduceeism1577

Sadducism1581

earthly-mindedness1603

temporalness1611

worldly-mindedness1621

corporality1628

unspiritualness1642

civility1644

corporeity1653

materialism1822

unspirituality1843

secularism1851

terrestrialism1856

temporalism1872

this-worldliness1872

despiritualization1874

this-worldism1883

this-worldness1930

society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [noun] > worldliness > a worldly proclivity

mundanity1506

society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [noun] > worldliness

worldlishipa1425

worldliness?c1430

worldlihoodc1443

propriety?1504

earthiness1597

worldly-mindedness1621

mundanity1647

terrenity1649

mundaneness1727

materialism1771

1506 Thordynarye of Crysten Men (new ed.) iv. xxi. sig. AAi^v The mondanytes that she sawe..to habounde in the sayd courte.

1596 A. Copley Fig for Fortune 28 Heerhence we couet counterfeit content, Sublime mundanitie, and our Fleshes ease.

1647 J. Trapp Comm. Epist. & Rev. (Eph. ii. 2) The mundaneity or worldlinesse of the world.

1648 W. Montagu Miscellanea Spiritualia i. xx. § i. 376 The love of mundanity, wherein do indeed reside the vital Spirits of the body of Sin.

1888 Mrs. H. Ward Robert Elsmere II. ii. xvi. 65 He could have blessed her for the tone, for the escape into common mundanity.

1947 Philos. Rev. 56 168 Man's being is essentially a being-in-the-world... Philosophy must begin here, for the sense of human mundanity is our most primitive experience.

2. The quality of being in vogue; fashionableness. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > fashionable society > [noun] > style or quality of

fashion1604

mode1668

bon-ton1747

haut ton1801

swellism1840

West Endism1841

swellishness1863

toffishness1873

mundanity1892

swellness1894

1892 Nation (N.Y.) 27 Oct. 324/2 Mr. Sidgwick..carries an air of distinction and mundanity in his style.

1911 Mrs. H. Ward Case of Richard Meynell xii. 242 With her grey hair, and her plain widow's dress, she threw her sister's charming mondanity into bright relief.

3. The quality or fact of being commonplace, trivial, or ordinary. Also: that which is commonplace; a humdrum thing, a tedious necessity. Cf. mundane adj. 1c.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [noun] > state or quality of being wearisome or tedious > state or quality of being trite or banal

tameness1530

triteness1727

triticalness1727

tritism1785

commonplaceness1808

prosiness1814

triticism1824

triticality1835

commonplace1842

commonplaceism1851

prosaicness1852

prosaism1855

hackneydom1867

prosaicalness1876

banality1878

mundanity1959

squareness1961

1959 Listener 30 July 173/2 The outward mundanity of the master's life.

1963 Movie July–Aug. 20/2 The presentation of the torture sequences horrifies by its casual mundanity.

1974 Nature 17 May 199/2 It may mean the moral support that leads to a government grant, permission to work abroad for a spell or even such mundanities as the price of an airline ticket.

1986 Crafts May–June 12/4 Compared to the majority of provincial galleries, full of aesthetically substandard mundanity, it is refreshing.

1998 Pi Mag. (Univ. Coll. London Union) Nov. 18/1 The select-your-own ingredients salad..is raised beyond the mundanities of the salad bar by the freshness and high quality of the components.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mundanity
释义	mundanityn. Brit. /ˌmʌnˈdanᵻti/, /ˌmʌnˈdeɪnᵻti/, U.S. /ˌmənˈdeɪnᵻdi/ Forms: 1500s mundanitie, 1500s mundanyte, 1600s mundaneity, 1600s 1800s– mundanity, 1900s– mondanity. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: French mondanité ; mundane adj., -ity suffix. Etymology: Partly < Middle French, French mondanité (14th cent.) < mondain (see mundane adj.) + -ité -ity suffix, and partly < mundane adj. + -ity suffix. N.E.D. (1908) gives only the pronunciation (mɒndæ·nĭti) /mʌnˈdænɪtɪ/. 1. The quality or fact of belonging to the world; worldliness. In plural: †worldly concerns or pursuits (obsolete).Now passing into sense 3. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > unspirituality > [noun] secularity1395 sieclec1400 worldlishipa1425 worldliness?c1430 worldlihoodc1443 mundanity1506 secularness?1529 carnality1548 carnalness1549 earthliness1549 rudiments of the world1557 Sadduceeism1577 Sadducism1581 earthly-mindedness1603 temporalness1611 worldly-mindedness1621 corporality1628 unspiritualness1642 civility1644 corporeity1653 materialism1822 unspirituality1843 secularism1851 terrestrialism1856 temporalism1872 this-worldliness1872 despiritualization1874 this-worldism1883 this-worldness1930 society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [noun] > worldliness > a worldly proclivity mundanity1506 society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [noun] > worldliness worldlishipa1425 worldliness?c1430 worldlihoodc1443 propriety?1504 earthiness1597 worldly-mindedness1621 mundanity1647 terrenity1649 mundaneness1727 materialism1771 1506 Thordynarye of Crysten Men (new ed.) iv. xxi. sig. AAi^v The mondanytes that she sawe..to habounde in the sayd courte. 1596 A. Copley Fig for Fortune 28 Heerhence we couet counterfeit content, Sublime mundanitie, and our Fleshes ease. 1647 J. Trapp Comm. Epist. & Rev. (Eph. ii. 2) The mundaneity or worldlinesse of the world. 1648 W. Montagu Miscellanea Spiritualia i. xx. § i. 376 The love of mundanity, wherein do indeed reside the vital Spirits of the body of Sin. 1888 Mrs. H. Ward Robert Elsmere II. ii. xvi. 65 He could have blessed her for the tone, for the escape into common mundanity. 1947 Philos. Rev. 56 168 Man's being is essentially a being-in-the-world... Philosophy must begin here, for the sense of human mundanity is our most primitive experience. 2. The quality of being in vogue; fashionableness. rare. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > fashionable society > [noun] > style or quality of fashion1604 mode1668 bon-ton1747 haut ton1801 swellism1840 West Endism1841 swellishness1863 toffishness1873 mundanity1892 swellness1894 1892 Nation (N.Y.) 27 Oct. 324/2 Mr. Sidgwick..carries an air of distinction and mundanity in his style. 1911 Mrs. H. Ward Case of Richard Meynell xii. 242 With her grey hair, and her plain widow's dress, she threw her sister's charming mondanity into bright relief. 3. The quality or fact of being commonplace, trivial, or ordinary. Also: that which is commonplace; a humdrum thing, a tedious necessity. Cf. mundane adj. 1c. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [noun] > state or quality of being wearisome or tedious > state or quality of being trite or banal tameness1530 triteness1727 triticalness1727 tritism1785 commonplaceness1808 prosiness1814 triticism1824 triticality1835 commonplace1842 commonplaceism1851 prosaicness1852 prosaism1855 hackneydom1867 prosaicalness1876 banality1878 mundanity1959 squareness1961 1959 Listener 30 July 173/2 The outward mundanity of the master's life. 1963 Movie July–Aug. 20/2 The presentation of the torture sequences horrifies by its casual mundanity. 1974 Nature 17 May 199/2 It may mean the moral support that leads to a government grant, permission to work abroad for a spell or even such mundanities as the price of an airline ticket. 1986 Crafts May–June 12/4 Compared to the majority of provincial galleries, full of aesthetically substandard mundanity, it is refreshing. 1998 Pi Mag. (Univ. Coll. London Union) Nov. 18/1 The select-your-own ingredients salad..is raised beyond the mundanities of the salad bar by the freshness and high quality of the components. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1506
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