Chrononormativity

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    the use of time to organize individuals toward maximum productivity; for example, the appropriate time range to start working, have children, or to retire. countable, uncountable

    "Central to Freeman’s argument are the concepts of chrononormativity, the use of time to organize individual human bodies toward maximum productivity"

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"Central to Freeman’s argument are the concepts of chrononormativity, the use of time to organize individual human bodies toward maximum productivity"

Etymology

From chrono- + normativity.

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