Definitions For Normcore

Noun

NORMCORE (uncountable) (fashion) A unisex#adjective, unisex fashion#noun, fashion trend#noun, trend characterized by average#adjective, average-look#verb, looking, unpretentious clothing#noun, clothing. from 2008 (by extension, attributively) Any style that is mainstream#adjective, mainstream or unremarkable.

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Translations

Finnish: normcore, normityyli French: normcore, m Japanese: ノームコア Russian: нормко́р, m Ukrainian: нормкор, ? Finnish: normi- {{qualifier, noun prefix}}, tavis- {{qualifier, noun prefix}}

Etymology

and a man#noun, man dress#verb, dressed in normcore (sense 1) clothes.]] from normal + core + suffix denoting genres of music and subcultures (often specialized and underground) + en + american speech}} + duke university press}} for the {{w + american dialect society}} 00031283-3130335, issn=0003-1283, oclc=909434823}}. {{coinage, en, Ryan Estrada, w=-, occupation=the cartoonist, nobycat=1, nocap=1}} in a guest comic strip for the webcomic {{w, Templar, Arizona}} on 17 September 2008:{{cite-journal, en, author=Kosalan Kathiramalanthan, title=On the Origins of ‘Normcore’, magazine={{w, The Eyeopener}}, url=https://theeyeopener.com/2019/11/on-the-origins-of-normcore/, archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808170342/https://theeyeopener.com/2019/11/on-the-origins-of-normcore/, archivedate=8 August 2022, location=Toronto, Ont., publisher=Rye Eye Publishing for the {{w, Toronto Metropolitan University}}, date=26 November 2019, issn=0847-8791, oclc=1033013807}}. see the quotation. It was popularized in a stylized, tongue-in-cheek trend report produced by the collective {{w, K-HOLE (trend forecasting group), K-HOLE}} in 2013.{{cite-web, title=Youth Mode: A Report On Freedom, year=2013, author={{w, K-HOLE (trend forecasting group), K-HOLE}}, Box 1824, url=http://archive.rhizome.org/anthology/youth-mode/YOUTH.pdf, passage=Normcore moves away from a coolness that relies on difference to a post-authenticity coolness that opts in to sameness.}}{{cite-web, work=The New York Times, title=The New Normal, author=Alex Williams, date=2014-04-02, url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/03/fashion/normcore-fashion-movement-or-massive-in-joke.html}}

Anagrams

cromorne {{c, en, Aesthetics}}