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Kairos

//ˈkaɪɹɒs// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A time when conditions are right for the accomplishment of a crucial action; the opportune and decisive moment.

    "The—so-called! friends—rational world. If only they, Mom&Dad&Buddy&Sis, dear-but-square ones, could but know the kairos, the supreme moment…"

Etymology

From Ancient Greek καιρός (kairós).

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