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kairotic en · ADJ

Etymology

From kairos + -otic.

Meanings

1. Related to, or characteristic of a kairos.
   • The present captured in a cartoon is a kairotic present—a present that affects the life of a people, the destiny of a nation 2005, C.S. Song, Theology from the Womb of Asia, →ISBN, page 38:
   • Regardless of the quantity of the duration, because a kairotic event cannot happen at just “any time,” it is also distinct from an abstract articulation of chance. A kairiotic event does not happen randomly; in some qualititative sense, it is a "time of crisis [and] . . . opportunity," which is solicited or even demanded by the situation itself (Smith 10). 2009, John Muckelbauer, The Future of Invention: Rhetoric, Postmodernism, and the Problem of Change, →ISBN, page 116:
   • They seem to have a kairotic sense of timing. Some people dismiss this as luck. But it's much more than that. 2005, John Clemens, Scott Dalrymple, Time Mastery: How Temporal Intelligence Will Make You a Stronger, More Effective Leader, →ISBN, page 127:
   • Kairotic moments may present themselves to vigilant rhetors, but in turn rhetors can craft a kairotic moment as well. 2013, Zach Waggoner, My Avatar, My Self: Identity in Video Role-Playing Games, →ISBN, page 60:

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