Chrononym

Quick meaning: Chrononym is a noun meaning (semiotics) A term for a specific period of time, such as "summer" or "week.".

Meaning

(semiotics) A term for a specific period of time, such as "summer" or "week.".

Example Sentences

It’s important to remember that every chrononym (a word that refers to some particular time, such as “springtime” or “teatime”) is arbitrary; every calendar is based on cultural norms and sometimes curious assumptions.

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

Word Forms

• chrononyms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include chroneme, chronogram, semon, chronograph, classeme, telonym.

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