parachronic

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adjective

Existing in a separate timeline or temporal dimension; pertaining to such existence or to connection or movement between timelines.

OriginAncient Greek χρόνος →
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Meanings

adjectiveparachronic (not comparable)
  1. not comparableExisting in a separate timeline or temporal dimension; pertaining to such existence or to connection or movement between timelines.

    “I think it means that the whole thing has been planned and timed long, long ago,” said the Director. “That he went out of Time, into the parachronic state, for the very purpose of returning at this moment.”

    1945, C.S. Lewis, chapter 10, in That Hideous Strength, page 226

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekχρόνος“time”
  2. Englishparachronic

From para- (“alongside”) + chronic, from Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos, “time”).

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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