It was Warren G. Harding who promised a 'return to normalcy' duringhis presidential campaign. Harding served as the 29th President ofthe United States.
Warren G. Harding said return to normalcy. He said this whilecampaigning to the United States President. He was elected as the29th President and served from 1921 until his dea…th in 1923. (MORE)
"A return to normalcy " (i.e. a return to the way of life before) was candidate Warren G. Harding's campaign promise in the 1920 presidential election.
It is a legitimate word. If it did not exist before the Return to Normalcy, it was added to the English language afterward. Today, the word "normality" would probably be used …instead. New words are created as needed, and old words become archaic. (MORE)
To Harding, normalcy meant a return to life as it was before WorldWar I. One thing he did was to make sure that the US was notinvolved in the League of Nations, which he felt …might get the UScaught up in European conflicts. (MORE)
Yes, it is a word. It's spelled normalcy and means the state of being normal; being as expected. 'It's been great having our friends stay for a few days, but it's good to g…et back to a feeling of normalcy.' (MORE)
Well "normalcy" has become accepted, 90 years after Warren Harding - while still a Senator - was ridiculed for using it instead of "normality." Most US dictionaries now consid…er it as acceptable usage; in general, it is not so regarded in Britain. However, while I wasn't around when Harding became notorious for saying "normalcy," it still grates on me. I'd much rather see and hear "normality." There are many other grammatical errors which disturb me more, though. An increasingly common one is using "'s" erroneously, as for a plural. That's never OK. It's either a contraction for "it is," as here, or a possessive, as in " This must be my dog's collar." (MORE)
Most Americans wanted to return to simpler times, to what life had been like before the shock of war. Harding's slogan of 'normalcy' was a powerful idea as it means to return …to normal life. This appeal made him very popular and won him the presidency. (MORE)