normalcy

English

Etymology

normal +‎ -cy

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔɹməlsi/

Noun

normalcy (countable and uncountable, plural normalcies)

1. (US) The state of being normal; the fact of being normal; normality.
   • c.1998: Jeffery Veen, The Art & Science of Web Design

     Designers can create normalcy out of chaos; they can clearly communicate ideas through the organizing and manipulating of words and pictures.

Usage notes

Although sometimes used, normalcy is less common than normality in American English. It is very rarely used in the UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. It is frequent in India and Zimbabwe however.

Synonyms

• normality (UK, US), normaldom; see also Thesaurus:normality

Antonyms

• abnormalcy
• abnormality

Translations

state of being normal

• Arabic: الحَالَة الطَبِيعِيَّة f (al-ḥāla(t) aṭ-ṭabīʕiyya)
• Armenian: նորմալություն (normalutʻyun)
• Bulgarian: нормалност f (normalnost)
• Catalan: normalitat (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 正常 (zh) (zhèngcháng), 常態／常态 (zh) (chángtài), 常态 (zh) (chángtài), 正規／正规 (zh) (zhèngguī), 正规 (zh) (zhèngguī)

• Czech: normálnost f, normalita f
• Danish: normalitet c
• Dutch: normaliteit (nl)
• Esperanto: normaleco
• Estonian: normaalsus
• Finnish: normaalius (fi), normaalitila
• French: normalité (fr) f
• Georgian: ნორმალობა (normaloba)
• German: Normalität (de) f
• Greek: κανονικότητα (el) f (kanonikótita), κανονικότης (el) f (kanonikótis)
• Hebrew: נורמליות f (nurmalyút)
• Hungarian: szabályszerűség (hu), természetszerűség (hu)
• Irish: normáltacht f
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• Italian: normalità (it) f
• Japanese: 正常 (ja) (seijō)
• Korean: 정상 (ko) (jeongsang)
• Latvian: normālums m, normalitāte f, parastums m, parastība f
• Lithuanian: normalumas m
• Norwegian: normalitet m
• Polish: normalność (pl) f
• Portuguese: normalidade (pt) f
• Romanian: normalitate (ro) f
• Russian: норма́льность (ru) m (normálʹnostʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: нормалност f

  Roman: normalnost (sh) f

• Slovak: normálnosť f
• Slovene: normalnost f
• Spanish: normalidad (es) f
• Swedish: normalitet (sv) c
• Turkish: normallik (tr)
• Ukrainian: нормальність m (normalʹnistʹ)

See also

• normal
• normality
• normally
• normalness

References

• Dictionary.com
• Merriam-Webster Online