intempestivity

intempestivity
noun /ɪntɛmpɛˈstɪvɪtɪ/
Unseasonability; untimeliness.

This “untimeliness” has nothing to do with the “intempestivity” of Nietzsche, which implies a denial of the present and an affirmation of future values.


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