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chrononym en · NOUN

Etymology

A 1979: chrono- + -onym.

Meanings

1. A term for a specific period of time, such as "summer" or "week."
   • It’s important to remember that every chrononym (a word that refers to some particular time, such as “springtime” or “teatime”) is arbitrary; every calendar is based on cultural norms and sometimes curious assumptions. 2012, Blatner, David, Spectrums : our mindboggling universe from infinitesimal to infinity:
   • requires that the simple stative make use of the reader's implicit knowledge and sense of periodization, here the chrononym of "loss of status" because Nixon had to vacate the world's most desirable position of political power 1986, Cohen, Sande, Historical culture : on the recoding of an academic discipline:

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Translations (5)

fr chrononyme (term for a period of time) · pt cronônimo (term for a period of time) · pt cronónimo (term for a period of time) · gl cronónimo (term for a period of time) · ca cronònim (term for a period of time)