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

13 May 2025

DAZED

(adjective) in a state of mental numbness especially as resulting from shock; “he had a dazed expression on his face”; “lay semiconscious, stunned (or stupefied) by the blow”; “was stupid from fatigue”


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Coffee Trivia

The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.

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