"new normal" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌnjuː ˈnɔːml̩/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌn(j)u ˈnɔɹm(ə)l/ [General-American] Audio: En-au-new normal.ogg [Australia] Forms: new normals [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)məl Etymology: From new + normal. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|new|normal|notext=1|type=endocentric}} new + normal Head templates: {{en-noun}} new normal (plural new normals)
  1. (chiefly Canada, US, idiomatic) A current prevailing situation which has emerged recently, that differs dramatically from the previous one and is expected to remain. Tags: Canada, US, idiomatic Translations (current prevailing situation which has emerged recently, that differs dramatically from the previous one and is expected to remain): ဓလေ့သစ် (dha.le.sac) (Burmese), 新常態 (Chinese Mandarin), 新常态 (xīnchángtài) (Chinese Mandarin), nieuw normaal [neuter] (Dutch), uusi normaali (Finnish), nouvelle normalité [feminine] (French), nova normalidade [feminine] (Galician), neues Normal [neuter] (German), neue Normalität [feminine] (German), neuer Maßstab [masculine] (German), neuer Standard [masculine] (German), ny normal [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), novo normal [masculine] (Portuguese), nova normalidade [feminine] (Portuguese), nueva normalidad [feminine] (Spanish), nya normala [neuter] (Swedish), normal newydd [masculine] (Welsh)

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          "text": "I hope you will comply willingly; it will speed the day when I can bow out and life can get back to normal—a new normal, free of the Authority, free of guards, free of troops stationed on us, free of passports and searches and arbitrary arrests.",
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        ],
        [
          "remain",
          "remain#Verb"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(chiefly Canada, US, idiomatic) A current prevailing situation which has emerged recently, that differs dramatically from the previous one and is expected to remain."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "US",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌnjuː ˈnɔːml̩/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌn(j)u ˈnɔɹm(ə)l/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔː(ɹ)məl"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-au-new normal.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/67/En-au-new_normal.ogg/En-au-new_normal.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/67/En-au-new_normal.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "my",
      "lang": "Burmese",
      "roman": "dha.le.sac",
      "sense": "current prevailing situation which has emerged recently, that differs dramatically from the previous one and is expected to remain",
      "word": "ဓလေ့သစ်"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "current prevailing situation which has emerged recently, that differs dramatically from the previous one and is expected to remain",
      "word": "新常態"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xīnchángtài",
      "sense": "current prevailing situation which has emerged recently, that differs dramatically from the previous one and is expected to remain",
      "word": "新常态"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "current prevailing situation which has emerged recently, that differs dramatically from the previous one and is expected to remain",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "nieuw normaal"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "current prevailing situation which has emerged recently, that differs dramatically from the previous one and is expected to remain",
      "word": "uusi normaali"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "current prevailing situation which has emerged recently, that differs dramatically from the previous one and is expected to remain",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nouvelle normalité"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "current prevailing situation which has emerged recently, that differs dramatically from the previous one and is expected to remain",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nova normalidade"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "current prevailing situation which has emerged recently, that differs dramatically from the previous one and is expected to remain",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "neues Normal"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "current prevailing situation which has emerged recently, that differs dramatically from the previous one and is expected to remain",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "neue Normalität"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "current prevailing situation which has emerged recently, that differs dramatically from the previous one and is expected to remain",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "neuer Maßstab"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "current prevailing situation which has emerged recently, that differs dramatically from the previous one and is expected to remain",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "neuer Standard"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "current prevailing situation which has emerged recently, that differs dramatically from the previous one and is expected to remain",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ny normal"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "current prevailing situation which has emerged recently, that differs dramatically from the previous one and is expected to remain",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "novo normal"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "current prevailing situation which has emerged recently, that differs dramatically from the previous one and is expected to remain",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nova normalidade"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "current prevailing situation which has emerged recently, that differs dramatically from the previous one and is expected to remain",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nueva normalidad"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "current prevailing situation which has emerged recently, that differs dramatically from the previous one and is expected to remain",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "nya normala"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "current prevailing situation which has emerged recently, that differs dramatically from the previous one and is expected to remain",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "normal newydd"
    }
  ],
  "word": "new normal"
}

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