What does kairotic mean?
Kairotic means Related to, or characteristic of a kairos..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Related to, or characteristic of a kairos..
They seem to have a kairotic sense of timing. Some people dismiss this as luck. But it's much more than that.
The present captured in a cartoon is a kairotic present—a present that affects the life of a people, the destiny of a nation
Regardless of the quantity of the duration, because a kairotic event cannot happen at just “any time,” it is also distinct from an abstract articulation of chance. A kairiotic event does not happen randomly; in some qualititative sense, it is a "time of crisis [and] . . . opportunity," which is solicited or even demanded by the situation itself (Smith 10).
Kairotic moments may present themselves to vigilant rhetors, but in turn rhetors can craft a kairotic moment as well.
Use kairotic when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Kairotic means Related to, or characteristic of a kairos..
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They seem to have a kairotic sense of timing. Some people dismiss this as luck. But it's much more than that.
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