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primordiality

primordiality

9.9
The state of existing at the very beginning and coming before other things
  • noun
  • /prɪˌmɔːrdiˈælɪti/
translation icon : primordialidad
  • The artist captured the primordiality of human emotions in his paintings, reflecting our earliest instincts.

Examples

  • Scientists study the primordiality of the universe to understand its origins and early development.

  • But if, on the one hand, the primordiality of established communities seems everywhere to be under attack, on the other hand, vigorous new projects of primordialization are scarcely less apparent.

    Academic text (1990)

  • To the extent that God knew the heart of Abraham and wanted him to go through the experience contained within the decision to carry out the sacrifice of his son, Abraham needed also to know the heart of God, and only through this ultimate test was he able to understand the primordiality of their mutually binding covenant.

    Blog text (28)

  • Where competing opinions confront one another, the primordiality of communal relations is preserved only by their incarceration in the doxic prison of innocence.

    Academic text (1990)

  • But ethnicities are also widely known to be anchored by narratives of primordiality, which emphasize stasis, not flux.

    Academic text (2005)

  • The very trends that have undermined ethnic communities have made the notion of ethnic identity, with its associations of primordiality and authenticity, increasingly appealing (Gans 1979, 1994; Waters 1990).

    Academic text (1999)

  • The primordiality of the ancient trees in the forest was evident in their towering heights and massive trunks.

Synonyms

primariness
vsprimordiality
7.7

A state of being most important in a situation

is about being the earliest or original rather than ranking by importance

Antonyms

novelty
47 4.7

Something new or different that seems interesting

recency
1 6.4

The fact that something happened not long ago

How Original

primordiality
9.9
originality
30 4.5
newness
12 1.9

Surface Forms

primordiality singular
primordialities plural

Morphology

primordiality = primordial (transparent) = primordial + ity

Standard nominalization of the adjective 'primordial' with '-ity' yields the expected meaning 'the state or quality of being primordial'.

Etymology

Primordiality comes from Latin parts primus 'first' and ordiri 'to begin', giving the idea of a 'first beginning'. So, like the words prime and primary, primordiality means the state of being the very first or most original thing.