normalcy

noun

nor·​mal·​cy ˈnȯr-məl-sē 

: the state or fact of being normal

a return to normalcy after war

Synonyms

• normality
• status quo

Examples of normalcy in a Sentence

Let's hope for an end to the war and a return to normalcy.

a combat-weary soldier longing for the normalcy of peacetime life

Recent Examples on the Web

These Americans tried to maintain some sense of normalcy amid harsh conditions in the unforgiving desert. —Rachel Ng, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2025

No more masking, no more appealing to outdated definitions of normalcy, no more toning ourselves down for other people’s comfortability. —Maya Richard-Craven, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025

The final scene, in Episode 4, which sees the Miller family feign a day of normalcy on the occasion of Eddie’s fiftieth birthday, ends with the weeping father crumpled in his son’s bed, begging his forgiveness. —Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2025

Erykah Badu remembers her last moments of normalcy. —Damien Scott, Billboard, 19 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1855, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

normalcy

noun

nor·​mal·​cy ˈnȯr-məl-sē 

: normality

Medical Definition

normalcy

noun

nor·​mal·​cy ˈnȯr-məl-sē 

plural normalcies

: the state or fact of being normal