| 释义 |
achronism nonce-wd.|ˈækrənɪz(ə)m|
[f. Gr. ἄχρονος without time + -ism.]
The state of timelessness; deficiency of time.
1877R. Lowe in Daily News 26 July 3/3 It [House of Commons] has not got the element of time. It is smitten, if I may coin a word, not with an anachronism, but an achronism—viz. the absence of time.
¶ Occ. for anachronism, as if an achronism.
1674Marvell Rehearsall Transp. ii. 135, I speak not of stale Achronismes, but of things that really happen'd all since the writing of your Reproof. 1697Verdicts conc. Virgil & Homer §3. 8 All Authors have observed two..Faults of Achronism and Slander in that Episod of Dido. |