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Synonyms for contiguity
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : kon-ti-gyoo-i-tee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌkɒn tɪˈgyu ɪ ti |
Top 10 synonyms for contiguity Other synonyms for the word contiguity
- adjacency
- approach
- appropinquity
- approximation
- belt
- closeness
- collision
- concurrence
- confines
- contiguity
- contiguousness
- contingence
- environs
- familiarity
- hit
- hood
- immediacy
- imminence
- impingement
- intimacy
- junction
- jungle
- juxtaposition
- likeness
- locale
- locality
- loom
- nearness
- neck of the woods
- neighborhood
- propinquity
- proximity
- purlieus
- quarter
- resemblance
- section
- similarity
- slum
- stomping ground
- street
- strike
- suburb
- taction
- territory
- togetherness
- touch
- tract
- turf
- union
- vicinage
- vicinity
- ward
- zone
- zoo
Définition of contiguity
Origin :- 1640s, from French contiguité from Latin contiguitas, from contiguus (see contiguous).
- As in neighborhood : noun community, surroundings
- As in proximity : noun nearness to something
- As in nearness : noun nearness in time or space
- As in propinquity : noun proximity
- As in nearness : noun approximateness
- As in locality : noun neighborhood
- As in contact : noun touching
- This is a low form of memory, resting on association by contiguity.
- Extract from : « Essay on the Creative Imagination » by Th. Ribot
- It is brought down by some to contiguity, by most others to resemblance.
- Extract from : « Essay on the Creative Imagination » by Th. Ribot
- People need to touch the facts, and nearness in time is contiguity.
- Extract from : « Backlog Studies » by Charles Dudley Warner
- There was contiguity but not much sociability in our neighborhood.
- Extract from : « Urban Sketches » by Bret Harte
- The relation between God and man is a relation of contiguity.
- Extract from : « The Theistic Conception of the World » by B. F. (Benjamin Franklin) Cocker
- It is usual to call this process "association by contiguity."
- Extract from : « An Introduction to Psychology » by Wilhelm Max Wundt
- Association by contiguity is the great law of thought, as well as of memory.
- Extract from : « Memory » by William Walker Atkinson
- Were they groups of kin, or groups of associates by contiguity?
- Extract from : « The Secret of the Totem » by Andrew Lang
- What is that but the operation of the law of contiguity in time?
- Extract from : « Mental Philosophy: Including the Intellect, Sensibilities, and Will » by Joseph Haven
- Catarrh by contiguity of tissue is the most frequent factor.
- Extract from : « A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II » by Various
Antonyms for contiguity
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