contemporaneity

/kən,tempərə'ni:iti/ Cách viết khác : (contemporaneousness) /kən,tempə'reinjəsnis/
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contemporaneity

A modern shopping mall brings a sense of contemporaneity to the village.

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.
contemporaneity

A modern shopping mall brings a sense of contemporaneity to the village.

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

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