Meaning & use
Nascency
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The state or process of being born or coming into existence; a beginning.
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The startup was still in its nascency when it attracted its first major investor.
Historians trace the nascency of the movement to a handful of pamphlets published in the 1780s.
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A less common variant of 'nascence,' both ultimately from the Latin 'nasci,' meaning 'to be born.'
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