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achronic

/eɪˈkɹɒnɪk/

achronic adjective: timeless.

Adjective

achronic (comparative more achronic, superlative most achronic)

  1. Timeless.
    • Enlightenment quarrels between pro-Frankish and pro-Gaulish factions were now a political curio, and only ancient Rome and Greece – so far removed in time and space that they seemed both utopian and achronic – provided any sort of positive historical referent.2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, page 522
    Synonyms:
    atemporal
  2. (not comparable) Happening at sunset (of the rise or fall of a star; opposed to cosmic).

Synonyms of achronic

Forms of achronic

comparativemore achronic
superlativemost achronic

Origin of achronic

From a- + chronic.

Words formed from achronic

Questions about achronic

What does achronic mean?
Achronic means timeless.
What part of speech is achronic?
Achronic is an adjective.
How do you pronounce achronic?
Achronic is pronounced /eɪˈkɹɒnɪk/.

Words near achronic in the dictionary

  1. achromosomal
  2. achromotrichia
  3. achromous
  4. achronal
  5. achronality
  6. achronic
  7. achronical
  8. achronicities
  9. achronicity
  10. achronological
  11. achronologically

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