routinenessn.
/ruːˈtiːnnᵻs/, /rʊˈtiːnnᵻs/, U.S. /ruˈti(n)nᵻs/ The quality of being routine; repetitiveness; monotony.
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1866 Amer. Homœopathic Observer 3 233 My treatment has thus, in some instances, become rather of a stereotyped nature; but, although by no means an advocate of routineness, I see no reason for changing it.
1945 Chicago Tribune 6 Apr. 19/3 You glimpse again the bright and shining glory of your love and vow to keep it alive always in your heart so as to color even the routineness of your every day lives.
1966 Times 17 Mar. 18/4 What fascinates him in the paraphernalia of modern life is not so much its routineness as its romantic strangeness.
2005 M. Evans in R. Coyle Reel Tracks viii. 143 The slow tempo of the music here suits the routineness and boredom of prison life.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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