Hypertext Webster Gateway: "commonness"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Commonness \Com"mon*ness\, n.
1. State or quality of being common or usual; as, the
commonness of sunlight.

2. Triteness; meanness.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

commonness
n 1: the state of being that is commonly observed [syn: {expectedness}]
2: the quality of lacking taste and refinement [syn: {coarseness},
{grossness}, {vulgarity}, {vulgarism}]
3: ordinariness as a consequence of being frequent and
commonplace [syn: {commonplaceness}, {everydayness}] [ant:
{uncommonness}]
4: sharing of common attributes [syn: {commonality}] [ant: {individuality}]


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