Etymology

chronotope

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Today it means: The representation, in language, of a particular time and space. Full definition →

Russian хронотоп
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  1. Russian · derived fromхронотоп
  2. English todaychronotope

From chrono- (“time”) + -tope (“space”), from Russian хронотоп (xronotop) as used by Mikhail Bakhtin.

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