diachronicity

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

By surface analysis, dia- +‎ chron- +‎ -icity; historically, see synchronous § Etymology.

Noun[edit]

diachronicity (countable and uncountable, plural diachronicities)

  1. The understanding or interpretation of events by the way they relate over time, rather than by their moment-by-moment significance.

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