Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

antichronological

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: an-tichrono-log-i-cal
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

In reversed chronological order; working backwards through time.

Example Sentences

"In theory, there could be two ways of working a coherent, connected, systematic account of a person — the chronological, which proceeds backward (so to speak) from the beginning to the end and the antichronological, which proceeds from the end to the beginning."

Etymology

From anti- + chronological.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: anti

Questions

What does antichronological mean?: In reversed chronological order; working backwards through time.
Where does antichronological come from?: From anti- + chronological.

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