con·tem·po·ra·ne·ous (k n-t m p-r  n -s)adj. Originating, existing, or happening during the same period of time: the contemporaneous reigns of two monarchs. See Synonyms at contemporary. [Latin contempor neus : com-, com- + tempus, tempor-, time + -neus, adj. suff.]con·tem po·ra·nei·ty (-pr--n -t, -n-), con·tempo·rane·ous·ness n.con·tem po·rane·ous·ly adv. |
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| Noun | 1. | contemporaneousness - the quality of being current or of the present; "a shopping mall would instill a spirit of modernity into this village" currentness, up-to-dateness, currency - the property of belonging to the present time; "the currency of a slang term" |
| 2. | contemporaneousness - the quality of belonging to the same period of time conjunction, co-occurrence, coincidence, concurrence - the temporal property of two things happening at the same time; "the interval determining the coincidence gate is adjustable" |
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