kairos
Example Sentences
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I am briefly jarred out of eternity and back into the ordinary — out of kairos, sacred time, and back into chronos, chronological time.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2024
To appeal to kairos, the student emphasized the immediate need for these services, as more students are now aware of their particular mental health issues and trying to deal with them.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 21, 2021
The moment must be right, and an effective communicator needs to be aware of their audience in terms of kairos.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 21, 2021
The Greeks called that kind of time kairos.
From Time ● Apr. 4, 2014
That, you could say, is kairos writ large.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
