Etymology

chronoclasm

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Today it means: The intentional destruction of clocks and other time artifacts Full definition →

Ancient Greek χρόνος
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromχρόνος“time”
  2. English todaychronoclasm

From Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos, “time”), and κλάστης (klástēs, “a person who breaks something”); from κλάω (kláō, “break”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekχρόνος all →

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