: the subjective quality of something being remembered rather than immediately experienced
almost any popular record … is apt to be tinged with pastness Roy McMullen
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebThe extraordinary pastness of our story results from its having taken place before a certain turning point, on the far side of a rift that has cut deeply through our lives and our consciousness. David Treuer, The New York Review of Books, 6 July 2020