nowness

noun

now·​ness ˈnau̇-nəs 

: the quality or state of existing or occurring in or belonging to the present time

Examples of nowness in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The spontaneity of the Barcelona stunt — its nowness — challenges anyone who would deny that these Covid-apocalypse days are the new glory days. — Armond White, National Review, 3 May 2023

What adds newness, nowness, and freshness are ingenious details, novel styling permutations, and innovative fabrics. — Lisa Armstrong, Harper's BAZAAR, 26 Sep. 2017

This eclipse is happening along your axis of nowness, and you’re being asked to return to the innocent potency of lighting the match without having to envision the entirety of the territory. — Bess Matassa, Teen Vogue, 19 Aug. 2017

Word History

First Known Use

1674, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for nowness

• bonis
• bonus
• clonus
• conus
• cronus
• jonas
• lowness
• onus
• slowness
• tonus
• colonus
• coregonus