normalcy

Psychologists call this normalcy bias, which is our mind’s assumption that things will continue as they always have.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

Some older users who remember a time before these policies praised a return to normalcy, while younger users questioned whether the changes signaled any decline in safety.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

UN children's fund official Abiodun Banire said displaced families needed psycho-social support services and basic supplies "so that they can get a sense of normalcy while they are going through this difficult situation".

From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026

For Kanin, the scene delivers “a sense of normalcy before things go insane.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

Blending inheritance would function as his natural genetic prison: even if he mated—precisely when he mated—his hereditary features would instantly vanish into a sea of normalcy.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

It was little enough to ask for—a return to old values, old relationships, the normalcies of the backwash instead of the freneticisms of the lime-light.

From The First One by H. R. van Dongen