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Coronatide

Syllables: Co·ro·na·tide/kəˈɹəʊnəˌtaɪd/US/kəˈɹoʊnəˌtaɪd/

Coronatide proper noun: the period of the COVID-19 pandemic.

coronatide: the period of the COVID-19 pandemic
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Proper noun

Coronatide

  1. (neologism) The period of the COVID-19 pandemic.
    • At IHOP for breakfast and the COVID-19 protocols are in full swing. Every surface is being constantly wiped down with sanitizer, no shared bottles of syrup, ketchup, and condiments, and sparse, unadorned tables. Welcome to coronatide. 😐2020 March 14, Matthew Ciszek, “At IHOP for breakfast […]”, in Twitter, archived from the original on 14 Mar 2020
    • Nowhere in the letter do the writers express a desire to know what is going on with the recipient; they do not wish to listen, learn, or truly befriend. They seem, above all, to want compliance. They want butts in pews, or at least the coronatide equivalent.2020 July 10, Jana Riess, “If you want to win Latter-Day Saints back to the church, shame and fear are not how to do it”, in The Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake City, Ut.: Salt Lake Tribune, Inc....

Examples of Coronatide in a sentence

  • In this unsettling season of Coronatide we find ourselves beset by change, some welcome, some unwelcome.2021, William Franklin, “Preface: Two Movements of the Past that Inform the Future”, in C[harles] Andrew Doyle, Embodied Liturgy: Virtual...
  • Coronatide made it hard to go an hour or two without snacking, but we’re past that now, and Mass is definitely not the place for the munchies.2022 October 4, Katie Burke, “Ready for Mass: Churching like a pro”, in The Catholic Sun, Phoenix, Ariz.: Roman Catholic Diocese of...
  • As we continue to reckon with the devastating psychological and social impact of Coronatide, Thomas is a reliable guide to the interior caverns of our hearts and minds.2024, Oliver Keenan, Why Aquinas Matters Now, London: Bloomsbury Continuum, →ISBN, page 2:

Synonyms of Coronatide

Origin of Coronatide

From corona(virus) + -tide (suffix meaning ‘time’, denoting seasons), by analogy with liturgical seasons such as Christmastide and Eastertide.

Questions about Coronatide

What does Coronatide mean?
Coronatide means the period of the COVID-19 pandemic.
How do you use Coronatide in a sentence?
In this unsettling season of Coronatide we find ourselves beset by change, some welcome, some unwelcome.
What part of speech is Coronatide?
Coronatide is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Coronatide?
Coronatide is pronounced /kəˈɹəʊnəˌtaɪd/ (UK).

Words near Coronatide in the dictionary

  1. coronasomnia
  2. coronasphere
  3. coronate
  4. coronated
  5. coronates
  6. Coronatide
  7. coronatime
  8. coronatimes
  9. coronatine
  10. coronating
  11. coronation

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Coronatide (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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