belatedness
Example Sentences
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But the cost of belatedness is real for her too: Every time we spoke, she was “muerta,” “despilada,” “exhausta,” run ragged by relentless institutional demands.
From New York Times ● Aug. 25, 2022
A central part of literary critic Harold Bloom’s theory of artistic influence is belatedness, the feeling an artist experiences upon realizing that everything he or she hoped to say has already been said.
From Slate ● Mar. 16, 2019
This sense of belatedness is the theme of “The Talos Project,” a somber and captivating video game by the Croatian studio Croteam.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 9, 2016
The presence of Q-Tip and KRS-One, hardly agenda-setting artists any more, confirmed this feeling of belatedness.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 27, 2012
"I am something suspicious of myself, and do take notice of a certain belatedness in me."
From Milton by Mark Pattison
