单词 | contemporaneousness |
释义 | contemporaneousnessn. 1. The state or fact of belonging to or existing at the same time or period. Cf. contemporaneous adj. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > simultaneity or contemporaneousness > [noun] synchronism1588 concurrency1597 concurrence1605 contemporationa1638 contemporaneity1644 coincidence1650 simultaneitya1651 contemporaneousness1662 contermination1673 simulty1677 simultaneousness1786 coinstantaneitya1834 coinstantaneousness1848 onceness1866 synchrony1880 consentaneousness1882 synchroneity1909 1662 T. Peck Sober Guess conc. Revelation 6 The contemporaneousness of the Prophesies therein..and what an acurate harmony, and sweet consent there is among them in respect of time. 1799 N. Webster Brief Hist. Epidemic & Pestilential Dis. II. xiv. 69 This cotemporaneousness of certain epidemic diseases, in both hemispheres, is an important fact which has hitherto been little noticed. 1853 Putnam's Monthly Mag. May 567/1 Scraps loosely strung together by mere contemporaneousness or sequence of time, and as if their subjects had no relation, either to the spirit of the age, or to the condition and movements of society, cannot be called history. 2015 Paléorient 41 47/2 The contemporaneousness of the wall with the first occupational phase of the citadel suggests that initial occupation of the site was not organic, but deliberately planned. 2. The fact or quality of belonging to, or being suitable for or relevant to, the present time; modernity, contemporaneity. Cf. contemporaneous adj. 3.Contemporaneity is more common in this sense (see contemporaneity n. 2). ΚΠ 1892 Westm. Rev. Sept. 261 If there is anything that distinguishes him from his brother painters who still have recourse to the forms of ancient art, it is his utter ‘contemporaneousness’. 2018 Guardian (Nexis) 13 Mar. Four years ago, just before the last South Australian election, there was a ferocious contemporaneousness to Roman Tragedies. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1662 |
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