Has anybody noticed...

[tcG]

That the word "contemporary", has 2 different definitions, definitions which in fact mean the opposite. Contemporary can either mean "occurring during the same time period (usually referencing a "culturally defined" time period)" or it can mean "occurring during the present day".

 

[IronWing]

Contemporaneous is a better word to use for "occurring during the same time period". In this context contemporary is generally used as a noun. "James Kirk was Al Capone's contemporary."

 

[Ken g6]

There's nothing "opposite" about those definitions. One means contemporary to (literally "in the same time as") each other. The other means contemporary to the work, or to you.

 

[SaltyNuts]

OP be dum if he think those are opposites...

 

[Thebobo]

That the word "contemporary", has 2 different definitions, definitions which in fact mean the opposite. Contemporary can either mean "occurring during the same time period (usually referencing a "culturally defined" time period)" or it can mean "occurring during the present day".

Yes