contemporary
/kənˈtɛm.pəˌɹɛɹ.i/ noun C2- Someone or something belonging to the same time period (as someone or something else) · Cervantes was a contemporary of Shakespeare.· The early mammals inherited the earth by surviving their saurian contemporaries.
- Something existing at the same time.
- A rival newspaper or magazine.
Plural contemporaries
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Modern criticism has more than indorsed the high opinion formed of him by his contemporaries.”
Of contemporary literature, philosophy and politics he appeared to know next to nothing.
“The French officer in the service of Ali Pasha of Yanina alluded to three weeks since in l’Impartial, who not only surrendered the castle of Yanina, but sold his benefactor to the Turks, styled himself truly at that time Fernand, as our esteemed contemporary states; but he has since added to his Christian name a title of nobility and a family name.
However, contemporary psychological research presents a much more nuanced perspective on why we consistently avoid our responsibilities.
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