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mundane
/mənˈdeɪn/
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What does mundane mean?
adjective
- Worldly, earthly, profane, vulgar as opposed to heavenly.
- Pertaining to the Universe, cosmos or physical reality, as opposed to the spiritual world.
- Ordinary; not new; part of the mainstream culture.
More meanings (7)
adjective
- Tedious; repetitive and boring.
- Non-magical; without supernatural powers or properties.
noun
- An unremarkable, ordinary human being.
- (slang) The world outside fandom; the normal, mainstream world.
- A person with no magical or supernatural powers or properties.
- (derogatory, slang) A person considered to be "normal", part of the mainstream culture, outside the subculture, not part of the elite group.
- (derogatory) A person who is not a Satanist.
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IPA pronunciation
/mənˈdeɪn/
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A special contribution of Zen to Eastern thought was its recognition of the mundane as of equal importance with the spiritual.
Even in the upper and damp region I procured very few, excepting some minute Diptera and Hymenoptera, mostly of common mundane forms.
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The dweller in ether is chiefly distinguished from the mundane mortal by his acute senses and his ability to subsist without food.
Then, by degrees, I won their confidence in much the same manner as I had adopted countless times with my many mundane mounts.
Experience had to do with mundane, profane, and secular affairs, practically necessary indeed, but of little import in comparison with supernatural objects of knowledge.