normalcy
Nothing out of ordinary
Normalcy is the state of being normal—the condition of things when nothing unusual is happening.
The word gained prominence when Warren Harding campaigned on a "return to normalcy" after World War I.
Some consider it a less elegant variant of normality, but both are standard: Life has returned to normalcy, We're all craving some normalcy.
Level of quality accepted
- conventionAgreed standard of behavior
- typicalRepresentative of a kind
- averageArithmetic mean or ordinary
- baselineStandard for comparison
customary · mainstream · orthodox · expected · accepted · commonplace · unremarkable · status quo
Plan of timed events
- habitSettled regular tendency
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- regimenPrescribed course of treatment
- patternRecurring arrangement or template
cycle · daily · practice · custom · procedure · groove · repetition · monotony
State of balance
- constancyUnchanging faithfulness over time
- steadinessState of being constant
- securityProtection from threat
- reliabilityConsistent, predictable performance
balance · homeostasis · predictability · consistency · regularity · dependability · order · structure
Undisturbed peacefulness
- serenityUndisturbed mental quietude
- harmonyAgreement or musical blend
- calmFree from agitation
- quietudeState of calm stillness
restfulness · stillness · placidity · composure · ease · contentment · settled · uneventful
standard
Level of quality accepted
- conventionAgreed standard of behavior
- typicalRepresentative of a kind
- averageArithmetic mean or ordinary
baseline · customary · mainstream · orthodox · expected · accepted · commonplace · unremarkable · status quo · traditionalism
schedule
Plan of timed events
pattern · cycle · daily · practice · custom · procedure · groove · repetition · monotony · regularity
equilibrium
State of balance
- constancyUnchanging faithfulness over time
- steadinessState of being constant
- securityProtection from threat
reliability · balance · homeostasis · predictability · consistency · regularity · dependability · order · structure · groundedness
tranquility
Undisturbed peacefulness
quietude · restfulness · stillness · placidity · composure · ease · contentment · settled · uneventful · undisturbed
- 1920s AmericaCharles Lindbergh, Jazz Age, Spirit of St. Louis, flappers, transatlantic flight
- normsstandard, rule, custom, conventions, convention
- situationssituation, circumstance, condition, state, predicament
- post-holiday bluesblues, fatigue, cleanup, routine, laundry
- conformity themespeer pressure, conformity, group think, obedience, uniformity
- postwar eraMarshall Plan, prosperity, reconstruction, Cold War, iron curtain
normalcyabnormality
Deviation from expected state
abnormalcy · anomaly · unusualness · irregularity · atypicality
normalcydeviance
Departure from accepted standards
aberration · unconventionality · nonconformity · eccentricity · deviancy
- new normalAltered baseline after disruption
- normal curveSymmetric probability distribution shape
- normal visionUnimpaired sight capacity
- normal timeNon-adjusted clock hours
- normal rangeExpected healthy limits
- normal weightExpected mass for height
normal, abnormal, abnormality, normality, normalize, abnormally, normalizing, normalized, normalcies