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noncontemporaries

noncontemporaries is the plural of noncontemporary.

Meaning of noncontemporary

Noun

noncontemporary (plural noncontemporaries)

  1. A person who is not the contemporary of another; one who lives in a different time period.
    • Thus, it might well be true that we are in no position to know what we owe to more remote future noncontemporaries in accordance with egalitarian conceptions of justice. We are in no position to determine their pertinent relative differences […]2016, Michael Schramm, Thomas Pogge, Elke Mack, Absolute Poverty and Global Justice

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Questions about noncontemporaries

What is noncontemporaries the plural of?
Noncontemporaries is the plural of noncontemporary.

Words near noncontemporaries in the dictionary

  1. noncontaminating
  2. noncontamination
  3. noncontaminative
  4. noncontemplative
  5. noncontemporaneous
  6. noncontemporaries
  7. noncontemporary
  8. noncontender
  9. noncontenders
  10. noncontending
  11. noncontent

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