Contemporaryizing

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Adapting or updating something to align with the present time or modern trends; living or occurring at the same time as something else; bringing past ideas or styles into a current context
2. Modifying or transforming aspects to fit current standards or fashions; existing simultaneously with another entity or event; making traditional elements feel relevant today
3. Bringing an object, concept, or style into modern usage or understanding; being coexistent in a specific temporal context; integrating historical features with today’s sensibilities

Etymology: "Contemporary" comes from the Latin "contemporarius," built from "com-" (together) and "tempus" (time), so it originally meant only "existing at the same time." The sense of "modern" or "up to date" grew later out of that neutral idea. The adjective reached English in the early 1600s. This verb is a rare, modern stacking of parts: "contemporary," the suffix "-ize," and the "-ing" ending. "-ize" comes through Latin "-izare" from Greek "-izein" and turns a noun or adjective into a verb meaning to make or treat something in a certain way. The result literally means "making something contemporary," which covers both updating an old work for today and placing two things in the same era.

Synonyms: modernizing, updating

Antonyms: archaizing, antiquating