1. the quality or state of being in the past; the condition of having occurred before the present time
Usage: formal; philosophical

Examples

• The pastness of these events makes them seem less real.
• She reflected on the pastness of her childhood memories.
• The photograph’s pastness was evident in its faded colors.
• Historians study the pastness of civilizations.
• The pastness of the moment struck him suddenly.
• There’s a certain melancholy in the pastness of old letters.