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''An Amtgard term'' | ''An Amtgard term'' | ||
===Real Definition=== | ===Real Definition=== | ||
| − | + | From the Latin, mundus (“world”) | |
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| + | =====Adjective===== | ||
| + | mundane (comparative more mundane, superlative most mundane) | ||
| + | *worldly, profane, as opposed to heavenly | ||
| + | *ordinary; not new | ||
| + | *tedious; repetitive and boring | ||
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| + | =====Noun===== | ||
| + | mundane (uncountable) | ||
| + | *(after “the”) earthly, non-magical things | ||
| + | *(esoteric psychology, Pagan, Wiccan, after “the”) the reinterpretation of any practice or knowledge system that reduces its *spiritual, ritualistic, or magical value | ||
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| + | =====Synonyms===== | ||
| + | *worldly | ||
| + | *routine | ||
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| + | *In science fiction and in fandom, a mundane is a person who does not belong to a particular group, according to the members of that group. | ||
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*In science fiction fandom, some fans classify all non-fans as "mundanes". | *In science fiction fandom, some fans classify all non-fans as "mundanes". | ||
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*Otherwise, within the scope of the software communities of Free Software, Open Source and open source some proponents of their respective movements classify those which do not know enough about their views as "mundanes", signifying their normalcy, their lack of being beyond the regular users of computers. | *Otherwise, within the scope of the software communities of Free Software, Open Source and open source some proponents of their respective movements classify those which do not know enough about their views as "mundanes", signifying their normalcy, their lack of being beyond the regular users of computers. | ||
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Mundane refers to a person that does not play the game. But can also refer to things that players have or do outside of the game. | Mundane refers to a person that does not play the game. But can also refer to things that players have or do outside of the game. | ||
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*"Mundane Name"; Your real name, the one you parent's gave you. May or may not be 'Elwood Blues". | *"Mundane Name"; Your real name, the one you parent's gave you. May or may not be 'Elwood Blues". | ||
*"Mundane Conflicts"; Issues in your real life that are interfering with you ability to play the game. | *"Mundane Conflicts"; Issues in your real life that are interfering with you ability to play the game. | ||
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An Amtgard term
Contents
Real Definition
From the Latin, mundus (“world”)
Adjective
mundane (comparative more mundane, superlative most mundane)
- worldly, profane, as opposed to heavenly
- ordinary; not new
- tedious; repetitive and boring
Noun
mundane (uncountable)
- (after “the”) earthly, non-magical things
- (esoteric psychology, Pagan, Wiccan, after “the”) the reinterpretation of any practice or knowledge system that reduces its *spiritual, ritualistic, or magical value
Synonyms
- worldly
- routine
Some examples:
- In science fiction and in fandom, a mundane is a person who does not belong to a particular group, according to the members of that group.
- In science fiction fandom, some fans classify all non-fans as "mundanes".
- In historical reenactment fandom, too, such as in The Society for Creative Anachronism, some fans classify all non-fans as "mundanes". Similarly, one's "mundane" name is the legal name they go by in the outside world. "Mundanes," sometimes shortened to just "danes," is also a term for normal everyday clothes, as opposed to historical garb.
- In the science fiction television series Babylon 5, telepathic humans classify all non-telepathic humans as "mundanes". The classification is employed mainly, but not solely, by telepathic characters who have telepath-supremacist ideologies (such ideologies being one of the issues dealt with by the series), and was deliberately chosen to mirror the classification in science fiction fandom.
- In fantasy literature the term is often used, or some equivalent, to apply to non-magical people or the non-magical society. It is used in Piers Anthony's Xanth novels, and Bill Willingham's comic book series Fables. The Harry Potter series uses the term muggle in the same way.
- According to the Mundane Manifesto, mundane science fiction is science fiction which does not make use of interstellar travel or other "common tropes" of the genre.
- Otherwise, within the scope of the software communities of Free Software, Open Source and open source some proponents of their respective movements classify those which do not know enough about their views as "mundanes", signifying their normalcy, their lack of being beyond the regular users of computers.
Amtgard Definition
Mundane refers to a person that does not play the game. But can also refer to things that players have or do outside of the game.
Example
- "Mundane Name"; Your real name, the one you parent's gave you. May or may not be 'Elwood Blues".
- "Mundane Conflicts"; Issues in your real life that are interfering with you ability to play the game.
