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numinosities

numinosities is the plural of numinosity.

Meaning of numinosity

Noun

numinosity (countable and uncountable, plural numinosities)

  1. Quality of being numinous.
    • Civilization is, through the numinosity of divine kingship, the mediation between the impossible heights of the gods and the terrifying depths of the underworld.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 175

Questions about numinosities

What is numinosities the plural of?
Numinosities is the plural of numinosity.

Words near numinosities in the dictionary

  1. numina
  2. numinal
  3. Numinbah
  4. Numinbah horse sickness
  5. numinism
  6. numinosities
  7. numinosity
  8. numinous
  9. numinously
  10. numinousness
  11. numismat

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