Chrononormativity
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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"
Example
More examples"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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