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"A return to '''normalcy'''" was [[President of the United States|U.S. Presidential]] candidate [[Warren Harding]]’s campaign promise in the [[election of 1920]]. Although detractors believed that the word was a [[neologism]] as well as a [[malapropism]] coined by Harding (as opposed to the more accepted term ''[[normality]]''), there was contemporary discussion and evidence found that normalcy was listed in dictionaries as far back as 1857.<ref>[http://www.answers.com/topic/normalcy "normalcy"], Answers.com.</ref><ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20060618085340/http://randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=19990625 The Mavens' Word of the Day: normalcy], [[June 25]], [[1999]], randomhouse.com.</ref> Furthermore, the concept apparently encapsulated what Americans wanted, since he was elected president over his [[United States Democratic party|Democratic]] opponent [[James M. Cox|James Cox]] by the greatest margin since the popular vote was introduced. |
"A return to '''normalcy'''" was [[President of the United States|U.S. Presidential]] candidate [[Warren Harding]]’s campaign promise in the [[election of 1920]]. Although detractors believed that the word was a [[neologism]] as well as a [[malapropism]] coined by Harding (as opposed to the more accepted term ''[[normality]]''), there was contemporary discussion and evidence found that normalcy was listed in dictionaries as far back as 1857.<ref>[http://www.answers.com/topic/normalcy "normalcy"], Answers.com.</ref><ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20060618085340/http://randomhouse.com/wotd/index.pperl?date=19990625 The Mavens' Word of the Day: normalcy], [[June 25]], [[1999]], randomhouse.com.</ref> Furthermore, the concept apparently encapsulated what Americans wanted, since he was elected president over his [[United States Democratic party|Democratic]] opponent [[James M. Cox|James Cox]] by the greatest margin since the popular vote was introduced. |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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*[[Creeping normalcy]] |
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==External links== |
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*[http://www.bartleby.com/59/12/normalcy.html "Normalcy"], [http://www.bartleby.com/59/ ''The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy'', 3th ed.], edited by E. D. Hirsch, Jr., et al. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2002. ISBN 0618226478. |
*[http://www.bartleby.com/59/12/normalcy.html "Normalcy"], [http://www.bartleby.com/59/ ''The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy'', 3th ed.], edited by E. D. Hirsch, Jr., et al. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2002. ISBN 0618226478. |
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*[http://www.cjr.org/tools/lc/normalcy.asp "A Time for Normalcy"] by Evan Jenkins, ''Columbia Journalism Review'', January/February 2002. |
*[http://www.cjr.org/tools/lc/normalcy.asp "A Time for Normalcy"] by Evan Jenkins, ''Columbia Journalism Review'', January/February 2002. |
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[[Category:Political neologisms]] |
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Revision as of 17:24, 30 January 2009
"A return to normalcy" was U.S. Presidential candidate Warren Harding’s campaign promise in the election of 1920. Although detractors believed that the word was a neologism as well as a malapropism coined by Harding (as opposed to the more accepted term normality), there was contemporary discussion and evidence found that normalcy was listed in dictionaries as far back as 1857.[1][2] Furthermore, the concept apparently encapsulated what Americans wanted, since he was elected president over his Democratic opponent James Cox by the greatest margin since the popular vote was introduced.
See also
References
- ^ "normalcy", Answers.com.
- ^ The Mavens' Word of the Day: normalcy, June 25, 1999, randomhouse.com.
External links
Look up normalcy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
- "Normalcy", The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, 3th ed., edited by E. D. Hirsch, Jr., et al. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2002. ISBN 0618226478.
- "A Time for Normalcy" by Evan Jenkins, Columbia Journalism Review, January/February 2002.