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catachronism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
cat-achro-nism
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The recharacterization of the present in terms of inexorable outcomes in the future.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κατά (katá, “downwards”) and anachronism. See cata-.

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Inflected Forms

catachronisms (plural)

Questions

What does catachronism mean?
The recharacterization of the present in terms of inexorable outcomes in the future.
Where does catachronism come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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