Chrononym
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A term for a specific period of time, such as "summer" or "week."
"requires that the simple stative make use of the reader's implicit knowledge and sense of periodization, here the chrononym of "loss of status" because Nixon had to vacate the world's most desirable position of political power"
Example
More examples"requires that the simple stative make use of the reader's implicit knowledge and sense of periodization, here the chrononym of "loss of status" because Nixon had to vacate the world's most desirable position of political power"
Etymology
A 1979: chrono- + -onym.
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