Definitions for mediocrity
ˌmi diˈɒk rɪ timedi·ocrity

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. averageness, mediocrity(noun)

   ordinariness as a consequence of being average and not outstanding

2. second-rater, mediocrity(noun)

   a person of second-rate ability or value

   "a team of aging second-raters"; "shone among the mediocrities who surrounded him"

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1. Mediocrity(n.)

   A mediocre person; -- used disparagingly.

   Etymology: [F. mdiocrit, L. mediocritas.]

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1. mediocrity(Noun)

   The quality of being intermediate between two extremes; a mean.

   Etymology: From mediocritas, from mediocris.

2. mediocrity(Noun)

   A middle course of action; moderation, balance.

   Etymology: From mediocritas, from mediocris.

3. mediocrity(Noun)

   The condition of being mediocre; having only an average degree of quality, skills etc.; no better than standard.

   Etymology: From mediocritas, from mediocris.

4. mediocrity(Noun)

   An individual with mediocre abilities or achievements.

   Etymology: From mediocritas, from mediocris.

Webster Dictionary(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Mediocrity(noun)

   the quality of being mediocre; a middle state or degree; a moderate degree or rate

   Etymology: [F. mdiocrit, L. mediocritas.]

2. Mediocrity(noun)

   moderation; temperance

   Etymology: [F. mdiocrit, L. mediocritas.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of mediocrity in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of mediocrity in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of mediocrity in a Sentence

1. Robert G. Ingersoll:

   In the republic of mediocrity genius is dangerous.

2. Harriet Beecher Stowe:

   One would like to be grand and heroic, if one could; but if not, why try at all? One wants to be very something, very great, very heroic; or if not that, then at least very stylish and very fashionable. It is this everlasting mediocrity that bores me.

3. Alex Prior:

   My biggest fear is that the world may become drowned in artistic mediocrity.

4. Joseph Heller:

   Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.

5. Vanna Bonta:

   Mediocrity inspires neither great love nor hate.

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