Etymology

catachronism

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Today it means: The recharacterization of the present in terms of inexorable outcomes in the future. Full definition →

Ancient Greek κατά
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκατά“downwards”
  2. English todaycatachronism

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

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekκατά all →

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