chronoclasm

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word chronoclasm. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word chronoclasm, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say chronoclasm in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word chronoclasm you have here. The definition of the word chronoclasm will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofchronoclasm, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

English

Etymology

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

Noun

chronoclasm (plural chronoclasms)

  1. The intentional destruction of clocks and other time artifacts
  2. (politics) 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. (science fiction) An interference with the course of history caused by time travel.

References