CONTEMPORANEITY

contemporaneity, contemporaneousness

(noun) the quality of belonging to the same period of time

modernity, modernness, modernism, contemporaneity, contemporaneousness

(noun) the quality of being current or of the present; “a shopping mall would instill a spirit of modernity into this village”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

contemporaneity (uncountable)

The state or characteristic of being contemporaneous.

Synonyms: contemporaneousness, cotemporality

Source: Wiktionary


Con*tem`po*ra*ne"i*ty, n.

Definition: The state of being contemporaneous. The lines of contemporaneity in the oölitic system. J. Philips.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

22 February 2025

ANALYSIS

(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’


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