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