nascency

English

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈneɪsənsi/

Noun

nascency (plural nascencies)

1. A state of incipiency; a quality of nascence.
   • 1889, William James and James Ward, "The Psychological Theory of Extension," Mind, vol. 14, no. 53, p. 108:

     [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.