temporality
noun
temporal character or nature; temporariness.
temporalities
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pluralof temporality.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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She began to imagine a piece with layered temporalities, one that would hark back to the former natural abundance of New York, critique contemporary inequities and confront the future.
From New York Times ● Sep. 30, 2022
Like “La Lontananza,” this is a duet of temporalities, an interaction between a live player and a tape, this time of the pianist Maurizio Pollini.
From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 2016
Erpenbeck was born in East Berlin, in 1967; herself a witness to some fairly turbulent European history, she is drawn to long perspectives and political temporalities.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 4, 2016
It was an odd sensation, as if the two distinct temporalities had blended into one.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2014
It rested with him to issue the writ for consecration, and he invested the new prelate with the temporalities of the see by the gift of the ring and staff.
From The English Church in the Middle Ages by William Hunt
