Antonyms for continuity

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kon-tn-oo-i-tee, -tn-yoo

Phonetic Transcription : ˌkɒn tnˈu ɪ ti, -tnˈyu

Definition of continuity

Origin : early 15c., from Middle French continuité, from Latin continuitatem (nominative continuitas), from continuus (see continue). Cinematographic sense is recorded from 1921, American English.

noun progression

Example sentences :

It was not the continuity of men's lives I felt, but their oneness.
Extract from : « Rosinante to the Road Again » by John Dos Passos

There must be continuity of this structure too, for to sever a nerve is to paralyze all beyond.
Extract from : « The Machinery of the Universe » by Amos Emerson Dolbear

The word 'continuity' suggests the possibility of resolving all differences into differences of quantity.
Extract from : « Sophist » by Plato

We prize the sensation of our continuity, and we can only capture it in that way.
Extract from : « Notes on Life and Letters » by Joseph Conrad

Oh, metaphorically, I mean—there's a break in the continuity.
Extract from : « The Early Short Fiction of Edith Wharton, Part 1 (of 10) » by Edith Wharton

Nor were the early Christians so anxious as is often supposed to disclaim this continuity.
Extract from : « The Legacy of Greece » by Various

Or Science and its continuity with Presbyterianism—data like this are damned at birth.
Extract from : « The Book of the Damned » by Charles Fort

In Continuity, all things must have resemblances with all other things.
Extract from : « The Book of the Damned » by Charles Fort

The continuity of the political and religious tradition cannot be doubted.
Extract from : « The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism » by Franz Cumont

We seek rather to illustrate the continuity of her influence.
Extract from : « Brother Copas » by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

Synonyms for continuity

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