chrononormativity means the use of time to organize individuals toward maximum productivity; for example, the appropriate time range to start working, have children, or to retire. It carries an Arena rating of 1047, earned across 221 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, chrononormativity ranks #103 of 17,151 for The Improbable, #133 of 17,138 for Most Incisive Words, #1,418 of 17,128 for Most Ponderous Words, #3,135 of 17,131 for Scariest Words.
Why “chrononormativity” is a great word
CHRONONORMATIVITY — [Noun] The social and institutional structuring of life according to normative, often coercive, timelines that enforce productivity and conformity, such as sequenced expectations for education, career, marriage, and reproduction. From the combining form chrono- (from Greek χρόνος, "time") + normativity (from Latin norma, "rule, pattern" + -ity, forming a noun of state). Coined in the early 21st century by queer theorist Elizabeth Freeman. Unlike "temporality" (which neutrally describes the experience of time) or "schedule" (which is a practical plan), chrononormativity is the invisible machinery that builds the schedule society expects you to want. It is the rigid schedule of the school bell, the biological clock invoked as a mandate, and the cold touch of a biometric time-clock logging your bodily presence—the quiet violence of a collective clock imposing a single, sanctioned rhythm on the cacophony of human possibility.
Etymology
From chrono- + normativity.
noun
- the use of time to organize individuals toward maximum productivity; for example, the appropriate time range to start working, have children, or to retire.e.g.“Central to Freeman’s argument are the concepts of chrononormativity, the use of time to organize individual human bodies toward maximum productivity” — 2010 November, Elizabeth Freeman, Time Binds : Queer Temporalities, Queer Histories, Duke University, →ISBN, →OCLC:
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