"chronoclasm" meaning in All languages combined

See chronoclasm on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: chronoclasms [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos, “time”), and κλάστης (klástēs, “a person who breaks something”); from κλάω (kláō, “break”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|χρόνος||time}} Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos, “time”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} chronoclasm (plural chronoclasms)
  1. The intentional destruction of clocks and other time artifacts
    Sense id: en-chronoclasm-en-noun-8IGyDGbH
  2. (politics) The desire to crush the prevailing sense of time, due to a conflict regarding the fixation of linear time in a community Categories (topical): Politics
    Sense id: en-chronoclasm-en-noun-9aYDz-rJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 57 16 16 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 8 51 25 17 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 10 55 15 20 Topics: government, politics
  3. A temporarily frazzled mental state resulting from confusion over what time it is.
    Sense id: en-chronoclasm-en-noun-0a23nCUz
  4. (science fiction) An interference with the course of history caused by time travel. Categories (topical): Science fiction, Time travel
    Sense id: en-chronoclasm-en-noun-cOH5aW~O Disambiguation of Time travel: 7 17 6 70 Topics: literature, media, publishing, science-fiction

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