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kairotic

kairotic

9.9
A special moment when timing is very important for success
  • adjective
  • /kaɪˈrɒtɪk/
  • Formal
: kairotico
  • In a kairotic moment, the coach called for a time-out just as the opposing team was gaining momentum.

Examples

  • Knowing that other women at other times had reacted to bus segregation in the same way as she had, but without it leading to an effective, enduring bus boycott, Parks came to recognize a kairotic quality to the events associated with her prophetic act that day.

    Academic text (2004)

  • The entrepreneur seized the kairotic opportunity to launch her product just before the holiday season.

  • The HealthMate plans highlight a kairotic moment where the roles of the individual as consumer and the individual as patient clash.

    Academic text (2014)

  • His decision to invest in renewable energy reflected a kairotic awareness of the market's shift towards sustainability.

Synonyms

opportune
vskairotic
13 6.8

Happening at a good time to be useful

marks a critical moment where timing decides success rather than mere suitability

How Timely

kairotic
  • Formal
9.9
opportune
13 6.8
timely
106 3.0
inopportune
8 7.3
untimely
36 5.3

Surface Forms

kairotic positive

Morphology

kairotic = kairos (transparent) = kairos + tic

The adjective is a straightforward derivation from the noun 'kairos' with a standard adjectival suffix; the meaning 'relating to an opportune moment' follows directly.

Etymology

Kairotic comes from the Greek kairos, which means 'the right or opportune moment'. Unlike ordinary time words like chronological, kairotic focuses on one moment you must use, so it means that timing is especially important for success.