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nascency

nascency

9.9
The time when something first appears
  • noun
  • /ˈneɪsənsi/
translation icon : nascencia
  • The company's innovative ideas gained traction in its nascency, attracting interest from investors.

Examples

  • The lack of coherence and codification in the research and scholarship of popular music pedagogy (hereafter, PMP) was perhaps not surprising given its relative nascency.

    Academic text (2013)

  • During its nascency, the start-up struggled to find its identity and direction in a competitive market.

  • The nascency of the new art movement has sparked discussions among critics about its influences and future.

Synonyms

birth
vsnascency
313 1.0

The start of something new, for example a life or an era

is a broader term for general emergence beyond just life starts
formation
vsnascency
98 3.3

The act of starting or creating something

focuses on initial birth or emergence rather than long development
infancy
vsnascency
35 3.7

The very early time when something is just starting

describes the coming-into-existence itself rather than the later early stage
genesis
vsnascency
24 7.6

The start of something and how it began

emphasizes birth or simple emergence rather than formation process
nativity
vsnascency
7 7.6

The event of being born, the start of a person's life

covers general coming-into-existence not only personal birth events
nascence
vsnascency
9.9

The time when something first begins to exist, like an idea or a civilization

is the other spelling variant rather than a different meaning

Antonyms

death
∞ 1.0

The end of something like a business or idea

How New

inception
43 6.2
nascency
9.9
emergence
56 4.9
growth
∞ 1.6
maturity
101 3.3

Surface Forms

nascency singular
nascencies plural

Morphology

nascency = nascent (semi-transparent) = nasc + ency

Derived from the adjective 'nascent' with the noun-forming suffix '-ency'; relation is clear in form but the rarity and formal register make it less predictable to average learners.

Etymology

The word nascency comes from the Latin root nasc- / nascere meaning 'to be born', and it is the same root found in the English word nascent. So nascency describes the 'birth' or early 'coming into existence' of something.