contemporaneousness

noun

The state or characteristic of being contemporaneous.

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Meanings

nouncontemporaneousness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe state or characteristic of being contemporaneous.

    Synonyms: contemporaneity, cotemporality

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe state or characteristic of being contemporaneous.

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contemporaneitycotemporality

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe quality of being current or of the present

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modernitymodernnessmodernismcontemporaneity
Broader
currentnesscurrencyup-to-dateness

nounthe quality of belonging to the same period of time

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contemporaneity
Broader
concurrencecoincidenceconjunction
Also see
contemporaneitycotemporalityisochronymodernismmodernitymodernness

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From contemporaneous + -ness.

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APA

contemporaneousness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/contemporaneousness

MLA

“contemporaneousness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/contemporaneousness. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “contemporaneousness,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/contemporaneousness.

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