different between prevailing vs chronoclasm

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /p???ve?.l??/
• Rhymes: -e?l??

Adjective

prevailing (comparative more prevailing, superlative most prevailing)

1. Predominant; of greatest force.
2. Prevalent, common, widespread.

Synonyms

• (prevalent, common, widespread): pervasive, ubiquitous; see also Thesaurus:widespread

Translations

Verb

prevailing

1. present participle of prevail

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (khrónos, “time”), and ??????? (klást?s, “a person who breaks something”); from ???? (klá?, “break”)

Noun

chronoclasm (plural chronoclasms)

1. The intentional destruction of clocks and other time artifacts
2. (politics) 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. (science fiction) An interference with the course of history caused by time travel.

References

• Time, Work-Discipline and Industrial Capitalism - E P Thompson - PDF-version
• Mastered By The Clock: Time, Slavery, and Freedom in the American South
• "Chronoclasm" John Wyndham, 1953