chronoclasm

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noun

The intentional destruction of clocks and other time artifacts

OriginAncient Greek χρόνος →
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Meanings

nounchronoclasm (plural chronoclasms)

plural chronoclasms

  1. The intentional destruction of clocks and other time artifacts
  2. governmentThe desire to crush the prevailing sense of time, due to a conflict regarding the fixation of linear time in a community
  3. A temporarily frazzled mental state resulting from confusion over what time it is.
  4. literatureAn interference with the course of history caused by time travel.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekχρόνος“time”
  2. Englishchronoclasm

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

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APA

chronoclasm. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chronoclasm

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“chronoclasm.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chronoclasm. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chronoclasm,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chronoclasm.

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