Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The state of being contemporaneous; contemporariness.
Wiktionary
- n. The state or characteristic of being contemporaneous.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The state of being contemporaneous.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the quality of being current or of the present
- n. the quality of belonging to the same period of time
Examples
“Unlike Smith, Fadiman's style is one that seems entirely oblivious to contemporaneity, but her writing is nevertheless full of wit, charm, and insight.”
“The pictures are part of the “55 Blair Road” project, a work that stands out due to its elegance, opulence, contemporaneity and above all, style.”
“From Peter Rolfe comes this interesting looking decorative indoor element which fits in most minimalist interiors, adding a touch of contemporaneity.”
“Place it in your modern living room for extra contemporaneity or outside on the terrase for a quality sun bathe.”
“Definitely a nice way to embrace contemporaneity in design.”
“Indeed, the choice between Sacrilegio and Passion in Venice is not between thrilling contemporaneity and the dusty Italian past.”
“It's complete with today's pathological drive for contemporaneity, "relevance.”
“It comes off as a self-conscious grasp for contemporaneity.”
“The eighties were a continuous re-run of shows from the seventies, and I used to get confused about the contemporaneity of American shows.”
The Huffington Post: Luso Mnthali: When Movie Stars Were Super Heroes
“We are struggling to sustain a narrative concept in an age of contemporaneity," said David Shi, the president of Furman University in South Carolina, who is writing the ninth edition of "America: A Narrative History," a popular college textbook.”
The Washington Post: The Obama 'narrative' is overshadowing this presidency's real stories
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘contemporaneity’.
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Seven-syllable English Words
A list of English words containing seven syllables, beginning, somewhat ironically, with inapplicability, since a fair number of these words one would never use.
I'm tagging all words ...inapplicability, unsatisfactorily, heterogeneity, disintermediation, antiglobalization, telecommunication, interdisciplinary, meteorological, socioeconomic, intelligibility, autobiographical, industrialization and 423 more...
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A Nation Among Nations
Words taken from A Nation Among Nations: America's Place in World History by Thomas Bender.
filiation, tympana, terraqueous, entrepot, lineament, tout court, oikoumene, pax turcica, feitoria, routinize, numerousness, limingl and 82 more...
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