temporality

noun

tem·po·ral·i·ty ˌtem-pə-ˈra-lə-tē

plural temporalities

: civil or political as distinguished from spiritual or ecclesiastical power or authority

: an ecclesiastical property or revenue

—often used in plural

: the quality or state of being temporal

Examples of temporality in a Sentence

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Perhaps Beeber’s abstractions evoke not only multiple spaces, but multiple temporalities. —

Barry Schwabsky, ARTnews.com, 5 Nov. 2024 For Zionists, Aziza argues, the future is a trap of their own making: For the perpetrators of the genocide, temporality is something to be mastered, bent. —

Seyward Darby, Longreads, 30 Oct. 2024 Behind his daily effort in painting the quince tree, the spectator may perceive (that has always been my hope) the sign of a different, essential temporality. —

Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 23 Aug. 2024 The film’s plot itself is nonlinear, making frequent, abrupt jumps between past, present, and future—demonstrating an oral temporality, one rooted in a folkloric storytelling unmoored from Western linearity and Hollywood convention. —

Ruby Thélot, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for temporality

Word History

Etymology

Middle English temperalte, temporalte, temporalyte (in plural or collective) "worldly matters, secular authority," borrowed from Anglo-French temporalté, temporalité, borrowed from Late Latin temporālitāt-, temporālitās "temporary character, duration of the present time," from Latin temporālis temporal entry 1 + -itāt-, -itās -ity

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

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The first known use of temporality was in the 14th century

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