nascence
- noun
- /ˈneɪsəns/
:
nacimiento
- The nascence of the internet revolutionized communication, changing the way people connect globally.
Examples
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Within the nascence of the "new world order," the United States' National Security Strategy recognizes new threats and redefines the roles for military forces in light of epochal alterations of security concerns.
Academic text (1998) -
This same period has also seen the nascence of a second set of characters who, though more powerful today than the dead white men they very often vanquish, have received much less popular commendation.
Academic text (2010) -
Ostensibly, at the surface level, the text is devoted to ridiculing the bumpkin-like behavior of the middle-class American tourist who, at the nascence of American consumerism, has the resources to spend thousands of dollars and months away from home rediscovering the old world of Europe and Middle Eastern antiquity.
Academic text (1997) -
The nascence of the chocolate industry can be traced back to ancient Mesoamerican civilizations.
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Scientists are studying the nascence of new stars in the nebula to understand how they form.
Synonyms
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1.0
The start of something new, for example a life or an era
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3.7
The very early time when something is just starting
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7.6
The start of something and how it began
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6.5
An early stage when an idea or plan is not yet developed
The time when something first appears
The first stage when an idea or movement begins to develop
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Morphology
nascence = nascent (transparent) = nasc + ence
The noun is directly related to the adjective 'nascent' (beginning to exist), so the meaning 'state of being born/beginning' is predictable from the base.
Etymology
Nascence comes from the Latin nascere, which means 'to be born', and it shares the same root as English native. So, nascence means the 'birth' or beginning of something, like a new idea or a society.