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ˈnowness
[f. now adv.]
The quality of being always present. Also, the quality of taking place in the present time.
1674N. Fairfax Bulk & Selv. Contents, The Doctors objection against the Nowness of eternity answer'd. 1891[see -ness suffix 2 a]. 1926Spectator 22 May 871/1 We enter upon a consideration of ‘thenness’ and nowness. 1928A. S. Eddington Nature of Physical World iii. 49 From this point of view the ‘nowness’ of an event is like a shadow cast by it into space. 1962Punch 1 Aug. 153/2 Once the viewer has tasted..This-is-actually-happening, or what we might..describe as Nowness, he's going to waste no time in demanding it. 1973Sci. Amer. Apr. 8/2 Nowness and Permanence. Thanks to the former, it is possible for an art historian to give at least an approximate date for its making. |