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achronological

achronological adjective: not chronological; proceeding through time in a nonlinear fashion.

Adjective

achronological (not comparable)

  1. Not chronological; proceeding through time in a nonlinear fashion
    • Another reason was the apparently inspired pairing of screenwriter Dennis Potter and director Nicolas Roeg, two dark poets of psychic subtexts and achronological memory flashes.1988 October 14, Jonathan Rosenbaum, “Muddled Americans”, in Chicago Reader
    • The Time Traveler's Wife tracks the achronological course of their lifelong love affair.2003 September 26, Martha Bayne, “Things Are Going Very Well for Audrey Niffenegger”, in Chicago Reader

Origin of achronological

From a- + chronological.

Words formed from achronological

Questions about achronological

What does achronological mean?
Achronological means not chronological; proceeding through time in a nonlinear fashion.
What part of speech is achronological?
Achronological is an adjective.

Words near achronological in the dictionary

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

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