numinosity

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noun

Quality of being numinous.

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Meanings

nounnuminosity (countable and uncountable, plural numinosities)

plural numinosities

  1. countableuncountableQuality of being numinous.

    Civilization is, through the numinosity of divine kingship, the mediation between the impossible heights of the gods and the terrifying depths of the underworld.

    1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 175

Origin

From Latin nūmin- + -osity.

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APA

numinosity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/numinosity

MLA

“numinosity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/numinosity. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “numinosity,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/numinosity.

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