Meanings
plural temporalities
- countableuncountableThe condition of being bounded in time (of being temporal).
"This means 'that all temporality points beyond itself' (Hart 1973, 32)."
1996, Douwe Tiemersma, Henk Oosterling, Time and Temporality in Intercultural Perspective1 more example
[1927], 2000 Martin Heidegger Being and Timehttp://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8&hl=en&id=9oc2BnZMCZgC&pg=PA302&lpg=PA302&dq=temporality&prev=http://books.google.com/books%3Fq%3Dtemporality&sig=_AHDrBvcln9-ZTvV9JKNgDGazRY Temporality makes possible the unity of existence, facticity, and falling prey and thus constitutes primordially the totallity of the structure of care. Temporality "is" not a being at all. It is not, but rather temporalizes itself. Nevertheless, we still cannot avoid saying that "temporality 'is' the meaning of care," "temporality 'is' determined thus and so."
- countablepluralplural onlyuncountableThe secular property and assets of a church.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe worldly possessions of a church
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latintemporalitas
- Englishtemporality
From temporal + -ity, from Latin temporalitas.
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Cite this entry
temporality. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/temporality
“temporality.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/temporality. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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