Coeval
adjective
Existing or happening at the same time as something else.
The pyramids were built coeval with the ziggurats.
Often appears as...
- coeval with
- coeval existence
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Formal
Academic
noun
A person or thing of the same age or date.
The politician considered her coevals to be immature and unwise.
Often appears as...
- coeval of
- coevals in era
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
adjective
Existing or happening at the same time as something else.
The pyramids were built coeval with the ziggurats.
Often appears as...
- coeval with
- coeval existence
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
noun
A person or thing of the same age or date.
The politician considered her coevals to be immature and unwise.
Often appears as...
- coeval of
- coevals in era
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Time Frame
Use 'coeval' to emphasize that events or objects originated or occurred at the exact same period.
Gothic architecture is coeval with the high and late medieval period.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Context
'Coeval' is well-suited for discussions about history or scientifically dated events.
Dinosaurs were not coeval with human beings.
Pro Tip 3/3Avoid Present
It's less common to use 'coeval' about the present; instead, it's mostly used in historical or academic contexts.
Steam engines were coeval with the Industrial Revolution.
Pro Tip 1/3Time Frame
Use 'coeval' to emphasize that events or objects originated or occurred at the exact same period.
Gothic architecture is coeval with the high and late medieval period.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Context
'Coeval' is well-suited for discussions about history or scientifically dated events.
Dinosaurs were not coeval with human beings.
Pro Tip 3/3Avoid Present
It's less common to use 'coeval' about the present; instead, it's mostly used in historical or academic contexts.
Steam engines were coeval with the Industrial Revolution.
Pro Tip 1/3Time Frame
Use 'coeval' to emphasize that events or objects originated or occurred at the exact same period.
Gothic architecture is coeval with the high and late medieval period.
Pro Tip 2/3Historical Context
'Coeval' is well-suited for discussions about history or scientifically dated events.
Dinosaurs were not coeval with human beings.
Pro Tip 3/3Avoid Present
It's less common to use 'coeval' about the present; instead, it's mostly used in historical or academic contexts.
Steam engines were coeval with the Industrial Revolution.
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the limited information that can perceive like it's just like you know cuz cuz the world out there is sort of infinite right and our brains are you know fixed our biological brains are fixed at least until we have some kind of technological singularity or a human tech sort of coeval you know symbiosis
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the limited information that can perceive like it's just like you know cuz cuz the world out there is sort of infinite right and our brains are you know fixed our biological brains are fixed at least until we have some kind of technological singularity or a human tech sort of coeval you know symbiosis
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Quote examples
Ian Hacking
Canadian Philosopher
The word 'revolution' first brings to mind violent upheavals in the state, but ideas of revolution in science, and of political revolution, are almost coeval. The word once meant only a revolving, a circular return to an origin, as when we speak of revolutions per minute or the revolution of the planets about the sun.
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Willard Van Orman Quine
American Philosopher
Confusion of sign and object is original sin coeval with the word.
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Ian Hacking
Canadian Philosopher
The word 'revolution' first brings to mind violent upheavals in the state, but ideas of revolution in science, and of political revolution, are almost coeval. The word once meant only a revolving, a circular return to an origin, as when we speak of revolutions per minute or the revolution of the planets about the sun.
Quote examples
Willard Van Orman Quine
American Philosopher
Confusion of sign and object is original sin coeval with the word.
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