chronoclasm

Definitions

noun The intentional destruction of clocks and other time artifacts
noun politics The desire to crush the prevailing sense of time, due to a conflict regarding the fixation of linear time in a community
noun A temporarily frazzled mental state resulting from confusion over what time it is.
noun science fiction An interference with the course of history caused by time travel.

From Ancient Greek χρόνος (khronos, "time"), and κλάστης (klastēs, "a person who breaks something"); from κλάω (klaō, "break")

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