chronoception

English

WOTD – 14 March 2023

Etymology

From chrono- (prefix meaning ‘time’) +‎ (per)ception.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌkɹɒnəʊˈsɛpʃn̩/, /ˌkɹəʊ-/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌkɹɑnoʊˈsɛpʃ(ə)n/, /ˌkɹoʊ-/
• Rhymes: -ɛpʃən
• Hyphenation: chro‧no‧cept‧ion

Noun

chronoception (uncountable)

1. (physiology) The perception or sense of time.

   Synonym: time perception

   • 1968, Ernst Jokl, The Physiological Basis of Athletic Records, page 78:

     For example, modern training methods of track runners include efforts to develop awareness of "tempo," a quality which may be named "chronoception."

   • 2013, Phillip Vannini, Dennis Waskul, Simon Gottschalk, The Senses in Self, Society, and Culture: A Sociology of the Senses, page 165:

     While chronoception is typically not listed with the more traditional senses, we should consider including it.

Translations

perception or sense of time

• Arabic: إدراك الزمن
• Catalan: percepció del temps f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 時間知覺／时间知觉 (shíjiānzhījué)

• Dutch: tijdsperceptie f
• Finnish: ajantaju, ajankäsitys
• French: perception du temps f
• German: Zeitwahrnehmung f
• Hebrew: תפיסת זמן
• Hungarian: időérzékelés
• Italian: percezione del tempo f
• Japanese: 時間知覚 (じかんちかく, jikanchikaku)
• Korean: 시간 지각(時間 知覺)
• Macedonian: восприе́мање на вре́мето n (vospriémanje na vrémeto)
• Persian: ادراک زمان
• Polish: percepcja czasu
• Portuguese: percepção temporal f
• Russian: восприя́тие вре́мени n (vosprijátije vrémeni)
• Turkish: zaman algısı
• Ukrainian: сприйняття́ часу n (spryjnjattjá času)
• Welsh: canfod amser m, canfyddiad amser m

Further reading

• time perception on Wikipedia.Wikipedia