mundanity

mundanity
/mun dan"i tee/, n., pl. mundanities.
1. the condition or quality of being mundane; mundaneness.
2. an instance of being mundane: one of the mundanities of everyday life.
[1495-1505; MUNDANE + -ITY]

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