detemporize

transitive verb

de·​temporize

variants or detemporalize

(ˈ)dē+ˈ-

: to dissociate from a particular historical time : make timeless

war fiction that tries to disengage itself from its own historical background, to detemporize and depersonalize its time-bound characters

—Robert Pick

Word History

Etymology

detemporize from de- + Latin tempor-, tempus time + English -ize; detemporalize from de- + temporalize

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