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diachronicity

diachronicity noun: the understanding or interpretation of events by the way they relate over time, rather than by their moment-by-moment significance.

Noun

diachronicity (countable and uncountable, plural diachronicities)

  1. The understanding or interpretation of events by the way they relate over time, rather than by their moment-by-moment significance.

Forms of diachronicity

pluraldiachronicities

Origin of diachronicity

By surface analysis, dia- + chron- + -icity; historically, see synchronous § Etymology.

Questions about diachronicity

What does diachronicity mean?
Diachronicity means the understanding or interpretation of events by the way they relate over time, rather than by their moment-by-moment significance.
What part of speech is diachronicity?
Diachronicity is a noun.
What is the plural of diachronicity?
The plural of diachronicity is diachronicities.

Words near diachronicity in the dictionary

  1. diachronic
  2. diachronic linguistics
  3. diachronical
  4. diachronically
  5. diachronicities
  6. diachronicity
  7. diachronies
  8. diachronism
  9. diachronist
  10. diachronists
  11. diachronous

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