diachronismn.
/dʌɪˈakrənɪz(ə)m/ 1. Geology. The existence of a geological feature that transgresses palæontological zones (see quot. 1929).
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > [noun] > formation > relative time
diachronism1926
penecontemporaneity1958
1926 W. B. Wright in Rep. Brit. Assoc. 1926 354 (title) Stratigraphical diachronism in the millstone grit of Lancashire.
1929 L. J. Wills Physiogr. Evol. Brit. xiv. 164 The sediments.. do not represent the deposits of a given epoch of time... There is a great divergence between the lithological and chronological classification. This is another example of diachronism.
1966 D. T. Donovan Stratigr. v. 119 It is likely..that diachronism is the rule, not the exception, for formations.
2. Linguistics. A diachronic method of linguistic study; diachronic treatment.
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the mind > language > linguistics > other schools of linguistics > [noun] > synchrony, diachrony, or panchrony
panchrony1931
synchrony1931
diachrony1959
diachronism1962
synchronism1962
1962 Y. Malkiel in F. W. Householder & S. Saporta Probl. Lexicogr. i. 15 The fundamental dimension (diachronism versus synchronism).
Derivatives
diachroˈnistic adj.
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the mind > language > linguistics > other schools of linguistics > [adjective] > synchrony, diacrony, or panchrony
synchronic1922
diachronic1927
panchronic1931
diachronistic1933
diachronous1936
synchronous1936
synchronistic1937
panchronistic1949
synchronical1949
1933 PMLA 48 616 The diachronistic investigation of the great linguists of the nineteenth century.
1951 S. D. Ullmann Princ. Semantics i. 36 It is not language that is synchronistic or diachronistic, but the approach to it, the method of investigation, the science of language.
diachroˈnistically adv.
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the mind > language > linguistics > other schools of linguistics > [adverb] > synchrony, diachrony, or panachrony
synchronously1923
synchronically1935
diachronically1937
synchronistically1949
diachronistically1957
panchronically1957
1957 Archivum Linguisticum 9 26 The term langue should be applied only to a language considered diachronistically.
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