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chronoclasm.

The intentional destruction of clocks and other time artifacts

11 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. The intentional destruction of clocks and other time artifacts

  2. The desire to crush the prevailing sense of time, due to a conflict regarding the fixation of linear time in a community

  3. A temporarily frazzled mental state resulting from confusion over what time it is.

  4. An interference with the course of history caused by time travel.

Where this word comes from

From Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos, “time”), and κλάστης (klástēs, “a person who breaks something”); from κλάω (kláō, “break”).

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