contemporaneity
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- noun
- /kənˌtɛmpəˈreɪniˌɪti/
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contemporaneidad
- As Marshall argues, "the self-described contemporaneity of these novels lies in their status as new novels of a newly self-aware geological epoch" (524).
- term 'contemporaneity'
Examples
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In art, the contemporaneity of different styles can create a fascinating dialogue between the past and the present.
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As you see, this is an experience of time that disrupts the normal contemporaneity of experience of the present with itself.
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Tradition and contemporaneity present a curious juxtaposition.
Academic text (1998) -
The importance of contemporaneity raises the vexed issue of the dates of the play and its additions.
Academic text (2016) -
Since contemporaneity is out of the question, the debate about the date is irrelevant to the paleographic argument.
Academic text (2016) -
In other words, the beadwork in the Msinga region shifted away from signaling traditional clan distinctions and toward signifying regional identity and contemporaneity.
Academic text (2003) -
The emphasis in these diptychs is not on the adequation of the Virgin to an ancient and faraway model but rather on a contemporaneity shared by the Virgin and the fifteenth-century face appearing beside it.
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The contemporaneity of the two events was evident when they occurred simultaneously during the festival.
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The contemporaneity of the technological advancements with social movements has significantly shaped modern society.
Synonyms
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A situation when events happen at the same time
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Events happening at the same time in a matching way
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Two or more things happening at the same time
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Two or more things happening at the same time
The fact of existing or happening at the same time as something else
A state of things happening at the same time
Two or more things happening at the same time
The state of events or actions happening at the same time
Antonyms
How Simultaneous
Surface Forms
Morphology
contemporaneity = contemporary (transparent) = contemporary + ity
Formed by a regular nominalization of the adjective 'contemporary' with '-ity', so the meaning is directly the state of being contemporary.
Etymology
Contemporaneity comes from the parts con- 'with' and tempus 'time', the same root you see in contemporary and tempo. So, it means the state of existing or happening 'at the same time' as something else.