achronic

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/eɪˈkɹɒnɪk/

adjective

Timeless.

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Meanings

adjectiveachronic (comparative more achronic, superlative most achronic)

comparative more achronic · superlative most achronic

  1. Timeless.

    Enlightenment quarrels between pro-Frankish and pro-Gaulish factions were now a political curio, and only ancient Rome and Greece – so far removed in time and space that they seemed both utopian and achronic – provided any sort of positive historical referent.

    2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, page 522

    Synonyms: atemporal

  2. not comparableastronomyHappening at sunset (of the rise or fall of a star; opposed to cosmic).

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveTimeless.

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Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  4. Ancient Greekἀ- (a-)
  5. Englisha-
  6. Ancient Greekχρόνος (khrónos)
  7. Ancient Greekχρονικός (khronikós)
  8. Latinchronicus
  9. Old Frenchcronike
  10. Englishchronical
  11. Englishchronic
  12. Englishachronic

From a- + chronic.

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Translations

Polish achroniczny
  • achronicznyastronomy

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APA

achronic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/achronic

MLA

“achronic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/achronic. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “achronic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/achronic.

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