Definition

1. Noun:
   • The quality of belonging to the same period of time: The state of being contemporary or existing during the same era.
   • The quality of being current or of the present: The state of being modern or belonging to the present time.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • The historian studied the contemporaneity of these two artistic movements to understand their mutual influences.
  • The contemporaneity of the discovered artifacts with the ancient texts confirmed the timeline of the civilization.
  • Critics praised the film for its contemporaneity, as it tackled issues relevant to today's society.

Advanced Usage

• In academic discourse: Often used in history, art history, and sociology to discuss synchronicity or the modern character of a subject.
  • The essay argues for the contemporaneity of certain medieval philosophies with early scientific thought.
• As a conceptual term: Can describe the simultaneous existence or occurrence of events, ideas, or cultural products.
  • The exhibition highlights the contemporaneity of political unrest reflected in global art from the 1960s.

Variants and Related Words

• Contemporary (adj/n): Belonging to the same time; a person or thing living or existing at the same time.
  • Shakespeare and Cervantes were contemporary writers.
• Contemporaneous (adj): Existing or occurring in the same period of time.
  • Contemporaneous reports from different cities described the same event.
• Contemporaneousness (n): A synonym for , meaning the quality of being contemporaneous.

Synonyms

• Simultaneity: The quality of happening at the same time.
• Coevality: The state of having the same age or lasting the same amount of time.
• Modernity: The quality of being modern and up-to-date (for the sense of being current).
• Currentness: The state of being of the present time.

Antonyms

• Anachronism: Something out of its proper time.
• Asynchrony: The absence of concurrence in time.
• Datedness: The quality of being old-fashioned or not current.

Noun

1. the quality of belonging to the same period of time
2. the quality of being current or of the present
   • a shopping mall would instill a spirit of modernity into this village