"mediocrity" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /miː.dɪˈɒk.ɹɪ.ti/ [UK], /mi.dɪˈɑk.ɹɪ.ti/ [US], [mi.dɪˈɑk.ɹɪ.ɾi] [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mediocrity.wav Forms: mediocrities [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French médiocrité, from Latin mediocritās, from mediocris; by surface analysis, mediocre + -ity. Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|médiocrité}} Middle French médiocrité, {{der|en|la|mediocritās}} Latin mediocritās, {{surf|en|mediocre|-ity|nocap=1}} by surface analysis, mediocre + -ity, {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂eḱ-}} Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} mediocrity (countable and uncountable, plural mediocrities)
  1. (uncountable) The condition of being mediocre; having only an average degree of quality, skills etc.; no better than standard. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: middlingness Translations (condition of being mediocre): middelmatigheid (Afrikaans), միջակություն (miǰakutʻyun) (Armenian), пасрэднасць (pasrednascʹ) [feminine] (Belarusian), посредственост (posredstvenost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), mediocritat [feminine] (Catalan), průměrnost [neuter] (Czech), middelmatigheid [feminine] (Dutch), keskpärasus (Estonian), keskpära (Estonian), keskinkertaisuus (Finnish), keskivertous (Finnish), médiocrité [feminine] (French), mediocridade [feminine] (Galician), Mittelmäßigkeit [feminine] (German), Mittelmaß [neuter] (German), μετριότητα (metriótita) [feminine] (Greek), lagmheasarthacht [feminine] (Irish), mediocrità [feminine] (Italian), 平凡 (heibon) (Japanese), 凡庸 (bon'yō) (Japanese), медиокрите́т (mediokritét) [masculine] (Macedonian), про́сечност (prósečnost) [feminine] (Macedonian), middelmådighet (Norwegian Bokmål), mierność [feminine] (Polish), przeciętność [feminine] (Polish), mediocridade [feminine] (Portuguese), посре́дственность (posrédstvennostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), зауря́дность (zaurjádnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), медиокрѝте̄т [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), медѝокрис [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), mediokrìtēt [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), medìokris [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), mediocridad [feminine] (Spanish), medianía [feminine] (Spanish), medelmåttlighet [common-gender] (Swedish), dampat (Tagalog), kadampatan (Tagalog), karampatan (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-mediocrity-en-noun-x86JO5t0 Categories (other): Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 17 36 11 36 Disambiguation of 'condition of being mediocre': 72 20 7 1
  2. (countable) A person with mediocre abilities or achievements. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-mediocrity-en-noun-bEnAS0AA Categories (other): English terms with collocations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 17 36 11 36
  3. (now rare) The quality of being intermediate between two extremes; a mean. Tags: archaic, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-mediocrity-en-noun-dRy~zYiX Categories (other): Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 17 36 11 36
  4. (obsolete) A middle course of action; moderation, balance. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: mediocrity principle Related terms: mean, median, mediate, mediation, mediator, mediocre, medium

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "condition of being mediocre",
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      "word": "посре́дственность"
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      "word": "dampat"
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      "sense": "condition of being mediocre",
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