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Hic et nunc

adj, adv, noun

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Happening here and now, occurring in the immediate present. not-comparable

    "Alice IS WRITING a letter, The tenor IS STRANGLING the soprano, Leigh IS TAKING a shower are examples of genuine hic-et-nunc events."

Adverb
  1. 1
    Here and now, in the immediate present.

    "Such sentences explicitly state that something both has taken place and will take place; they are silent about what Bruce and Wayne are doing hic-et-nunc."

Noun
  1. 1
    The here and now, the immediate present. uncountable

    "1980, Alexandre Kojeve, Introduction to the Reading of Hegel: Lectures on the Phemenology of Spirit The hic et nunc, represented by a point on this line, is determined, fixed, and defined by the past which, through it, determines the future as well."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Latin hic et nunc (“here and now”).

Etymology 2

From Latin hic et nunc (“here and now”).

Etymology 3

From Latin hic et nunc (“here and now”).

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