temporality

noun

tem·po·ral·i·ty ˌtem-pə-ˈra-lə-tē How to pronounce temporality (audio)

plural temporalities

: civil or political as distinguished from spiritual or ecclesiastical power or authority

: an ecclesiastical property or revenue

—often used in plural

: the quality or state of being temporal

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web For some the visceral sense of loss and its magnitude, and the long temporality of illness and slow recovery, is already part of their experience of Covid.

Wired, 22 July 2022 At BlackStar, Nkiru’s nonlinear, intergenerational story will be part of a larger conversation about form, temporality and the visual language of contemporary Black cinema.

New York Times, 3 Aug. 2022 The hipster’s temporality was both nostalgic and accelerated.

Hari Kunzru, Harper’s Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022 It’s about passing, it’s about temporality, it’s about contingency.

Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2022 The effect strips the song of any discernible temporality.

Washington Post, 5 Feb. 2022 The sound of the water clock slowly filling up and then suddenly emptying brings a subtle sense of temporality that is at the same time an invitation to disconnect from time.

Felicity Carter, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2021 Our dinners have a similar temporality and everything is carried away the same night - both leave no trace.

Irene S. Levine, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2021 As Rosita waits for the mail, striving to ignore temporality, the flowers tended by her green-thumbed uncle symbolize time and aging.

Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English temperalte, temporalte, temporalyte (in plural or collective) "worldly matters, secular authority," borrowed from Anglo-French temporalté, temporalité, borrowed from Late Latin temporālitāt-, temporālitās "temporary character, duration of the present time," from Latin temporālis temporal entry 1 + -itāt-, -itās -ity

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

单词	temporality
释义	temporality noun tem·po·ral·i·ty ˌtem-pə-ˈra-lə-tē plural temporalities 1 a : civil or political as distinguished from spiritual or ecclesiastical power or authority b : an ecclesiastical property or revenue —often used in plural 2 : the quality or state of being temporal Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web For some the visceral sense of loss and its magnitude, and the long temporality of illness and slow recovery, is already part of their experience of Covid. Wired, 22 July 2022 At BlackStar, Nkiru’s nonlinear, intergenerational story will be part of a larger conversation about form, temporality and the visual language of contemporary Black cinema. New York Times, 3 Aug. 2022 The hipster’s temporality was both nostalgic and accelerated. Hari Kunzru, Harper’s Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022 It’s about passing, it’s about temporality, it’s about contingency. Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 9 Mar. 2022 The effect strips the song of any discernible temporality. Washington Post, 5 Feb. 2022 The sound of the water clock slowly filling up and then suddenly emptying brings a subtle sense of temporality that is at the same time an invitation to disconnect from time. Felicity Carter, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2021 Our dinners have a similar temporality and everything is carried away the same night - both leave no trace. Irene S. Levine, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2021 As Rosita waits for the mail, striving to ignore temporality, the flowers tended by her green-thumbed uncle symbolize time and aging. Washington Post, 13 Sep. 2021 See More Word History Etymology Middle English temperalte, temporalte, temporalyte (in plural or collective) "worldly matters, secular authority," borrowed from Anglo-French temporalté, temporalité, borrowed from Late Latin temporālitāt-, temporālitās "temporary character, duration of the present time," from Latin temporālis temporal entry 1 + -itāt-, -itās -ity First Known Use 14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
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