nowhen

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   at no time or at no point in time

   A timeless relation exists nowhere and nowhen in the ordinary physical sense.

2. 2
   noun

   a standpoint that is not located at any particular time

   The philosopher sought a view from nowhen, neutral between past and future.

Formed from no + when by analogy with nowhere. The rare adverb means "at no time"; philosophical writers later also used the noun in the phrase view from nowhen for a temporally neutral standpoint.

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