temporality

[ tem-puh-ral-i-tee ]

noun

, plural tem·po·ral·i·ties.

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

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

From New York Times

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.

From New York Times

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.

From Washington Post

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

And I feel like practices that are performance-based, that have a durational relation to materials, that are functioning within their own temporality outside of these market calendars — there is a power to that.

From Los Angeles Times