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normalcy

(US) The state of being normal; the fact of being normal; normality.

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#1·Apr 27, 2026

(US) The state of being normal; the fact of being normal; normality.

When so I ponder, here apart, / What shallow boons suffice my heart, / What dust-bound trivia capture me, / I marvel at my normalcy.
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#2·Apr 27, 2026

(mathematics) The state of being geometrically normal, at a right angle.

America's present need is not heroics, but healing; not nostrums, but normalcy; not revolution, but restoration; not agitation, but adjustment; not surgery, but serenity; not the dramatic, but the dispassionate; not experiment, but equip…
Origin: From . The original sense was mathematical. The broader sense was popularized in the United States by its use by President Warren G. Harding.[https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=normalcy]. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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  • “A return to normalcy and protocol premised on a faith in US institutions which was no longer tenable, given the rogue Supreme Court and partisan Congress. (Meanwhile, Dem control of the Senate was handicapped by the two quislings, Manchin and Sinema.)”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “do NOT talk about what you’d do to me. especially unprompted in my damn DMs. im not gonna say “be normal”, cause i fucking hate normalcy actually. none of us are normal in the slightest. just be fucking respectful. holy shit. like shit, at least ask.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Your "normalcy" is an abstraction, merely an indicator of stupidity, either of "most people" or yourself. He was tasered, then he went down, then he was kicked in the head. Surely you can see that last part is not necessary.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Anyone who's experienced death is pretty familiar with the body's last grasp of normalcy. Now might be the time to place those poly market bets.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “It's frustrating that instead of fighting fire with fire, even minimally, democrats just returned to "normalcy" and kept things stable and ready for complete ransacking by republicans.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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