diachronicity

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What does diachronicity mean?

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

Where does diachronicity come from?

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

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