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nascencies

nascencies is the plural of nascency.

Meaning of nascency

Noun

nascency (countable and uncountable, plural nascencies)

  1. A state of incipiency; a quality of nascence.
    • [W]e are, therefore, sure in advance, of being right, if we say of any perception that first it didn't exist, and that then there was a mere suggestion and nascency of it, which grew more definite, until, at last, the thing itself was fully established.1889, William James, James Ward, “The Psychological Theory of Extension”, in Mind, volume 14, number 53, page 108

Questions about nascencies

What is nascencies the plural of?
Nascencies is the plural of nascency.

Words near nascencies in the dictionary

  1. Nascapee
  2. Nascapi
  3. NASCAR
  4. nascence
  5. nascences
  6. nascencies
  7. nascency
  8. nascent
  9. nascent hydrogen
  10. nascent protein
  11. nascent proteins

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