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chronoclasm

chronoclasm noun: the intentional destruction of clocks and other time artifacts.

Noun

chronoclasm (plural chronoclasms)

  1. The intentional destruction of clocks and other time artifacts
  2. The desire to crush the prevailing sense of time, due to a conflict regarding the fixation of linear time in a community
  3. A temporarily frazzled mental state resulting from confusion over what time it is.
  4. An interference with the course of history caused by time travel.

Forms of chronoclasm

pluralchronoclasms

Origin of chronoclasm

From Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos, “time”), and κλάστης (klástēs, “a person who breaks something”); from κλάω (kláō, “break”).

Questions about chronoclasm

What does chronoclasm mean?
Chronoclasm means the intentional destruction of clocks and other time artifacts.
What part of speech is chronoclasm?
Chronoclasm is a noun.
What is the plural of chronoclasm?
The plural of chronoclasm is chronoclasms.

Words near chronoclasm in the dictionary

  1. chronoception
  2. chronochemotherapy
  3. chronocidal
  4. chronocide
  5. chronocinematography
  6. chronoclasm
  7. chronoclasms
  8. chronoclinal
  9. chronoclinally
  10. chronocline
  11. chronoclines

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