Meanings
nounchronoception (uncountable)
- uncountablemedicineThe perception or sense of time; time perception.
While chronoception is typically not listed with the more traditional senses, we should consider including it.
2013, Phillip Vannini, Dennis Waskul, Simon Gottschalk, The Senses in Self, Society, and Culture: A Sociology of the Senses, page 1651 more example
For example, modern training methods of track runners include efforts to develop awareness of "tempo," a quality which may be named "chronoception."
1968, Ernst Jokl, The Physiological Basis of Athletic Records, page 78
Origin
From chrono- (prefix meaning ‘time’) + -ception.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic إدراك الزمن
- إدراك الزمنperception or sense of time
Catalan percepció del temps
- percepció del tempsperception or sense of time
Chinese Mandarin 時間知覺 /时间知觉
- 時間知覺 /时间知觉 (shíjiānzhījué)perception or sense of time
Dutch tijdsperceptie
- tijdsperceptieperception or sense of time
Finnish ajantaju, ajankäsitys
- ajantajuperception or sense of time
- ajankäsitysperception or sense of time
French perception du temps
- perception du tempsperception or sense of time
German Zeitwahrnehmung
- Zeitwahrnehmungperception or sense of time
Hebrew תפיסת זמן
- תפיסת זמןperception or sense of time
Hungarian időérzékelés
- időérzékelésperception or sense of time
Italian percezione del tempo
- percezione del tempoperception or sense of time
Japanese 時間知覚
- 時間知覚 (jikanchikaku)perception or sense of time
Korean 시간 지각
- 시간 지각perception or sense of time
Persian ادراک زمان
- ادراک زمانperception or sense of time
Polish percepcja czasu
- percepcja czasuperception or sense of time
Portuguese percepção temporal
- percepção temporalperception or sense of time
Russian восприя́тие вре́мени
- восприя́тие вре́мени (vosprijátije vrémeni)perception or sense of time
Turkish zaman algısı
- zaman algısıperception or sense of time
Ukrainian сприйняття́ часу
- сприйняття́ часу (spryjnjattjá času)perception or sense of time
Welsh canfod amser, canfyddiad amser
- canfod amserperception or sense of time
- canfyddiad amserperception or sense of time
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with chronoception
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
chronoception. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chronoception
MLA
“chronoception.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chronoception. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chronoception,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chronoception.
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