Home › Words › N › normalismnormalismnormalism means normality; A state in which most things are normal.EtymologyFrom normal + -ism.nounNormality; A state in which most things are normal.e.g.“There is very little normalism in the English language, and the attempt to reduce it to stricter rules is necessarily a failure.” — 1856, The English Journal of Education - Volume 10, page 141:A system of beliefs concerning how one determines what is considered normal.e.g.“The 1968 movement pressed against the boundaries of any normalism.” — 2004, Cabinet - Issues 13-16, page 84:A tendency to consider most deviations as within the bounds of "normal".e.g.“Although a program of reason and moderation, normalism is not a program of compromise or opportunism.” — 1914, Edward Thomas Devine, Social Forces, page 57:A bias against the abnormal.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.normality 87% match — The state of being normal or usual; normalcy. vs normalism →normalness 78% match — normalcy vs normalism →normaldom 77% match — normalcy vs normalism →normalist 76% match — One who believes something to be the normal state of things, not requiring remediation. vs normalism →normalwise 73% match — As pertains to normality; normal vs normalism →normalish 72% match — Somewhat normal; fairly normal. vs normalism →hyponormality 71% match — The condition of being hyponormal. vs normalism →normanness 71% match — The quality or state of being Norman (a member of the mixed Scandinavian and Frankish peoples). vs normalism →