mediocrity

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The condition of being mediocre; having only an average degree of quality, skills etc.; no better than standard.
A person with mediocre abilities or achievements.
The quality of being intermediate between two extremes; a mean.
A middle course of action; moderation, balance.

/miː.dɪˈɒk.ɹɪ.ti/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mediocrity.wav /mi.dɪˈɑk.ɹɪ.ti/ [mi.dɪˈɑk.ɹɪ.ɾi]

mediocrity mediocrities

From Middle French médiocrité, from Latin mediocritās, from mediocris; by surface analysis, mediocre + -ity.

middlingness

mean median mediate mediation mediator mediocre medium

golden mediocrity mediocritist mediocritize mediocrity principle multimediocrity submediocrity

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