cotemporality
cotemporality noun: the state or characteristic of existing or occurring during the same period of time.
Noun
cotemporality (plural cotemporalities)
- The state or characteristic of existing or occurring during the same period of time.
- Tolstoj goes on to stress the cotemporality of past and present as he tells us that all of these precious moments return to Andrej's memory "not merely as something past but as something present."1984, Nicholas O. Warner, “The Texture of Time in War and Peace”, in The Slavic and East European Journal, volume 28, number 2, page 198
- Young women who adopt urban attire deny cotemporality to their locally dressed counterparts by accusing them of feudal marital and dating practices.2004, Sara L. Friedman, “Embodying Civility: Civilizing Processes and Symbolic Citizenship in Southeastern China”, in The Journal of Asian Studies, volume 63, number 3, page 714
- Synonyms:
- contemporaneity, contemporaneousness
Synonyms of cotemporality
Forms of cotemporality
| plural | cotemporalities |
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Origin of cotemporality
From co- + temporality.
Questions about cotemporality
- What does cotemporality mean?
- Cotemporality means the state or characteristic of existing or occurring during the same period of time.
- What part of speech is cotemporality?
- Cotemporality is a noun.
- What is the plural of cotemporality?
- The plural of cotemporality is cotemporalities.
Words near cotemporality in the dictionary
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