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Synonyms for mediocrity
ˌmi diˈɒk rɪ timedi·ocrity
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
mediocrity
Synonyms:
mean, commonplace, medium, average, sufficiencyAntonyms:
excellence, superiority, rarity, brilliance, distinction
Princeton's WordNet
averageness, mediocritynoun
ordinariness as a consequence of being average and not outstanding
Synonyms:
second-rater, averagenesssecond-rater, mediocritynoun
a person of second-rate ability or value
"a team of aging second-raters"; "shone among the mediocrities who surrounded him"
Synonyms:
second-rater, averageness
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
mediocritynoun
Synonyms:
inferiority, moderate degree, middle statemediocritynoun
Synonyms:
average, average standard, medial standard
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
mediocritynoun
Synonyms:
commonplaceness, indifference, middle state
PPDB, the paraphrase database
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#774 | average | |
#1008 | mean | |
#1614 | medium | |
#21787 | sufficiency | |
#26719 | dung | |
#27935 | commonplace | |
#41855 | mediocrity |
How to use mediocrity in a sentence?
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
Mediocrity is but a by-product of the dispassionate
Tolerating mediocrity is as dangerous as inviting failure
What importance can we attach to the things of this world? Friendship? It disappears when the one who is liked comes to grief, or the one who likes becomes powerful. Love? it is deceived, fleeting, or guilty. Fame? You share it with mediocrity or crime. Fortune? Could that frivolity be counted a blessing? All that remains are those so-called happy days that flow past unnoticed in the obscurity of domestic cares, leaving man with the desire neither to lose his life nor to begin it over.
Trevanian from the novel "Shibumi":
It was not their irritating assumption of equality that annoyed Nicholai so much as their cultural confusions. The Americans seemed to confuse standard of living with quality of life, equal opportunity with institutionalized mediocrity, bravery with courage, machismo with manhood, liberty with freedom, wordiness with articulation, fun with pleasure - in short, all of the misconceptions common to those who assume that justice implies equality for all, rather than equality for equals.
Translations for mediocrity
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- middelmatigheidAfrikaans
- توسطArabic
- mediocritatCatalan, Valencian
- průměrnostCzech
- Mittelmäßigkeit, MittelmaßGerman
- μετριότηταGreek
- mediocridadSpanish
- médiocritéFrench
- lagmheasarthachtIrish
- միջակությունArmenian
- biasa-biasa sajaIndonesian
- mediocritàItalian
- просечност, медиокритетMacedonian
- middelmatigheidDutch
- посредственность, заурядностьRussian
- mediokris, mediokritetSerbo-Croatian
- medelmåttlighetSwedish
- 庸人Chinese
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