monochronic
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Characterized by a system where things are done one at a time.
adj
adj
Having or relating to a personality type or culture (distinguished from polychronic) which prefers to set a certain time to perform each task.
Example Sentences
- "Western Europe tends to have a monochronic time orientation, as exemplified by the adage "there is a time and place for everything"."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *men-der. Proto-Hellenic *mónwos Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos) Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-)der. English mono- English chronic English monochronic From mono- + chronic.