mediocrity

Signification (Anglais)

1. (uncountable) The condition of being mediocre; having only an average degree of quality, skills etc.; no better than standard.
2. (countable) A person with mediocre abilities or achievements.
3. (archaic, countable, uncountable) The quality of being intermediate between two extremes; a mean.
4. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A middle course of action; moderation, balance.

Concepts

médiocrité

homme ordinaire

habileté quelconque

talent médiocre

talent moyen

talent ordinaire

Synonymes

ordinariness

averageness

second-rater

banality

medium

moderation

imbecility

indifference

masses

meanness

mediocre

upstart

ordinary ability

ordinary run of men

being average

average

second rater

blockhead

cipher

commonness

commonplaceness

dimwit

idiot

Traductions

mediocridad

mediocrità

Mittelmäßigkeit

mediocritat

μετριότητα

bayağılık

mediocridade

Mediokrität

medianía

middelmatigheid

Idiot

Durchschnittlichkeit

Gewöhnlichkeit

mittlere Qualität

Strohkopf

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/miː.dɪˈɒk.ɹɪ.ti/

Étymologie (Anglais)

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