Imminency

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    imminence archaic

    "His career as editor had been long enough, however, for him to impress upon the minds of the French public the imminency of the Prussian Peril."

  2. 2
    the state of being imminent and liable to happen soon wordnet

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forthcomingnessimminenceimminenceimminentnessimpendenceimpendency

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"His career as editor had been long enough, however, for him to impress upon the minds of the French public the imminency of the Prussian Peril."

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