chronolatria

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See also: chronolatrią

Polish

Etymology

From chrono- +‎ latria.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xrɔ.nɔˈla.trja/
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  • Rhymes: -atrja
  • Syllabification: chro‧no‧la‧tria

Noun

chronolatria f

  1. chronolatry (worship of time)
    • 2000, Teresa Paszkowska, Integrująca Rola Słowa:
      J. Maritain używa słowa „chronolatria”, które w opinii Gilsona winno zrobić karierę, gdyż w naszej epoce „wypaczenie umysłu, które ono określa, działa wszędzie”.
      J Maritain uses the word "chronolatry", which, in Gilson's opinion, should make a career, when in our era, "perversion of the mind, which it states, works everywhere."
    • 2002, Przegląd Polityczny, numbers lvi–lviii:
      Chronolatria to słowo uformowane przez autora Istnienia i tajemnicy na wzór idolatrii czyli bałwochwalstwa.
      Chronolatry is a word formed by the author of Istnienie i tajemnica, based on idolatry, in other words hero-worshiping.
    • 2003, Roman Taborski, Etos inteligenta-humanisty pokolenia 1910:
      Stefan Swieżawski, z którego esejów zapożyczyłem powyższą opozycję (długomyślność – chronolatria) obchodził właśnie 95 rocznicę urodzin, a Jerzy Giedroyc, który wydawał się nam wszystkim wieczny, dożył lat 94.
      Stefan Swieżawski, whose essays I borrowed the above opposition from (longterm thinking - chronolatry), just celebrated his 95th birthday, and Jerzy Giedroyc, who seemed to live forever, lived until he was 94.

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