atemporal

American  

[ay-tem-per-uhl, ay-tem-pruhl] / eɪˈtɛm pər əl, eɪˈtɛm prəl /

adjective

1. free from limitations of time.

   Our dreams, memories, and emotions are atemporal, not grounded in the here and now.

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Etymology

Origin of atemporal

First recorded in 1865–70; a- ⁶ + temporal ¹

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Example Sentences

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atemporal

There’s an atemporal quality to Guitarrica’s music, at once vibrant and youthful, of its moment with pop hooks but simultaneously pulling from the traditional sounds of flamenco and rumba.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

Turns out that “¡Ay!” is a narrative concept album about a roving, immaterial, atemporal consciousness that, upon becoming embodied, enters society in hopes of understanding its five Aristotelian senses.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 20, 2022

Simon Murphy has boiled this down to a pair of slender, hymnal-like volumes whose effect is indescribably peculiar, like the radically atemporal reception of … a newsfeed?

From New York Times ● Jan. 9, 2020

We had by then spent two vertiginous, elongated, atemporal weeks in the I.C.U.

From The New Yorker ● Feb. 5, 2017

There are far too many to list here, but with contributed reports from our atemporal multiverse alternates, we're taking this chance to commemorate some of our favorite times the world came to an end.

From The Verge ● Oct. 7, 2015

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