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achronicity

achronicity noun: the quality of being achronic.

Noun

achronicity (plural achronicities)

  1. The quality of being achronic.
    • Views from without have long afflicted the nation; hermetic views that have made Indians see their own country through the eyes of the outsider blind them eventually to the abiding charm of the discontinuities and achronicities.2012 June 30, Ranjan Ghosh, A Lover's Quarrel with the Past: Romance, Representation, Reading, Berghahn Books, →ISBN, page 23
    • Even the achronicity of poetic time may therefore be linked to historiography; poetic achronicity in the wider narrative is examined by Andrew Feldherr in his study of Aeneid Book 5 (Chapter Four).2017 September 11, David Levene, Nelis, Clio and the Poets: Augustan Poetry and the Traditions of Ancient Historiography, BRILL, →ISBN

Forms of achronicity

pluralachronicities

Origin of achronicity

From achronic + -ity.

Questions about achronicity

What does achronicity mean?
Achronicity means the quality of being achronic.
What part of speech is achronicity?
Achronicity is a noun.
What is the plural of achronicity?
The plural of achronicity is achronicities.

Words near achronicity in the dictionary

  1. achronal
  2. achronality
  3. achronic
  4. achronical
  5. achronicities
  6. achronicity
  7. achronological
  8. achronologically
  9. achronycal
  10. achroodextrin
  11. achroous

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