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numinosity

numinosity noun: quality of being numinous.

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

Forms of numinosity

pluralnuminosities

Origin of numinosity

From Latin nūmin- + -osity.

Questions about numinosity

What does numinosity mean?
Numinosity means quality of being numinous.
What part of speech is numinosity?
Numinosity is a noun.
What is the plural of numinosity?
The plural of numinosity is numinosities.

Words near numinosity in the dictionary

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

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