Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nunc stans

/ˌnʌŋkˈstænz/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.05 in modern English

Syllables: nunc s-tans
IPA: /ˌnʌŋkˈstænz/

11

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Eternal existence as an attribute of God.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"But they will teach us that eternity is the standing still of the present time, a nunc-stans, as the schools call it; which neither they nor any else understand, no more than they would a hic-stans for an infinite greatness of place."
"In other words, at the point where the infinite past and the infinite future collide into the present of a nunc stans they spark into existence, as it were, the mental phenomenon of a timeless present which overcomes all ordinary time constructions."
"In its radical transcendence of all finite states the subject enters into the space of a nunc stans, in the face of which all temporality becomes an unreal appearance."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nunc (“now”) + stāns (“staying, remaining”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: nunc

Usage

Uncountable

Phrases

hic stans

Frequently Paired Words

hic stans

Questions

How do you pronounce nunc stans?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌnʌŋkˈstænz/.
What does nunc stans mean?: Eternal existence as an attribute of God.
Where does nunc stans come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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