Nascency
//ˈneɪsənsi// noun
noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A state of incipiency; a quality of nascence. countable, uncountable
"[W]e are, therefore, sure in advance, of being right, if we say of any perception that first it didn't exist, and that then there was a mere suggestion and nascency of it, which grew more definite, until, at last, the thing itself was fully established."
- 2 the event of being born wordnet
Example
More examples"[W]e are, therefore, sure in advance, of being right, if we say of any perception that first it didn't exist, and that then there was a mere suggestion and nascency of it, which grew more definite, until, at last, the thing itself was fully established."
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin nāscentia. Doublet of nascence.
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