nascency
UK/ˈneɪsənsi/
nascency noun: a state of incipiency; a quality of nascence.
Noun
nascency (countable and uncountable, plural nascencies)
- 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
- Basically the reaction of the animal and the reaction of man are precisely similar. The only difference is that man, by virtue of his greater capacity for cerebral action, is capable of extending and elaborating this basic personification. It may be stated that, in its nascency at any rate, worship...1941, George Ryley Scott, Phallic Worship: A History of Sex and Sex Rites in Relation to the Religions of All Races from Antiquity to the Present Day, London: T. Werner Laurie, page 8
Forms of nascency
| plural | nascencies |
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Origin of nascency
Learned borrowing from Latin nāscentia. Doublet of nascence.
Questions about nascency
- What does nascency mean?
- Nascency means a state of incipiency; a quality of nascence.
- What part of speech is nascency?
- Nascency is a noun.
- How do you pronounce nascency?
- Nascency is pronounced /ˈneɪsənsi/ (UK).
- What is the plural of nascency?
- The plural of nascency is nascencies.
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