temporality

[tem-puh-ral-i-tee]

noun

plural

temporalities 

1. temporal character or nature; temporariness.

2. something temporal.

3. Usually temporalities. a worldly or secular possession, revenue, or the like, as of the church or clergy.

temporality

/ ˌtɛmpəˈrælɪtɪ /

noun

1. the state or quality of being temporal

2. something temporal

3. (often plural) a secular possession or revenue belonging to a Church, a group within the Church, or the clergy

Word History and Origins

Origin of temporality¹

1350–1400; Middle English temporalite < Late Latin temporālitās. See temporal ¹, -ity

Example Sentences

But according to his family, friends and colleagues, the knowledge of life’s temporality was also what made Candy the kind, compassionate man he was.

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Fuentes’s approach to temporality — where “all times are important,” she said, and “no time has ever been resolved” — is a particular touchstone.

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Mingling beauty and terror, trash and wonder, these scenes evoke the elusive temporality of technology, which moves us backward and forwards at the same time.

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That’s because Nelson’s sons Lukas and Micah understand their father’s unique position in temporality with an intimacy the rest of us will never comprehend.

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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.

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