Meanings
nouncontemporaneity (uncountable)
- uncountableThe state or characteristic of being contemporaneous.
Synonyms: contemporaneousness, cotemporality
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe state or characteristic of being contemporaneous.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe quality of being current or of the present
nounthe quality of belonging to the same period of time
Similar
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
By surface analysis, contempor(aneous) + -aneity.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Hungarian egyidejűség
- egyidejűségthe state or characteristic of being contemporaneous
Italian contemporaneità, contestualità
- contemporaneitàthe state or characteristic of being contemporaneous
- contestualitàthe state or characteristic of being contemporaneous
Russian совреме́нность
- совреме́нность (sovreménnostʹ)the state or characteristic of being contemporaneous
Spanish contemporaneidad
- contemporaneidadthe state or characteristic of being contemporaneous
Ukrainian суча́сність
- суча́сність (sučásnistʹ)the state or characteristic of being contemporaneous
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APA
contemporaneity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/contemporaneity
MLA
“contemporaneity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/contemporaneity. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “contemporaneity,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/contemporaneity.
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