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Characterized by a system where things are done one at a time.
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Usage: not-comparable
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Contemporaneous.
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Usage: not-comparable
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Having or relating to a personality type or culture (distinguished from polychronic) which prefers to set a certain time to perform each task.
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Usage: not-comparable
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- Western Europe tends to have a monochronic time orientation, as exemplified by the adage "there is a time and place for everything".
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *men-der. Proto-Hellenic *mónwos Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos) Ancient Greek μονο- (mono-)der. English mono- English chronic English monochronic From mono- + chronic.