belatedness
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But he was conscious, too, of his own belatedness.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 7, 2021
The crowds reflect the belatedness of this museum, the long decades during it ought to have existed but did not.
From Slate ● Oct. 4, 2016
The very idea of belatedness, so central to Bloom’s theory, was, in Ozick’s view, anathema to the Jewish tradition, according to which there were no latecomers.
From New York Times ● Jun. 23, 2016
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
Of late years they are growing conscious of their own belatedness, and that touches a tender spot.
From Our Southern Highlanders by Horace Kephart
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