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temporality

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The condition of being bounded in time (of being temporal).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • [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."

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the worldly possessions of a church

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: temporalty

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: spiritualty, spirituality, church property

History

Etymology

From temporal + -ity, from Latin temporalitas.