(adjective) of, relating to, or dealing with phenomena (as of language or culture) as they occur or change over a period of time
diachronically, in terms of patterns of development through time
the 'diachronic' methods of historical research and speculation which had dominated nineteenth-century linguistics
One can therefore imagine a diachronic study of myths
Diachronically, Ben’s clique’s philosophical stance had evolved a lot, to the point that it was hard to pinpoint exactly what they stood for at any given time
a preference for diachronic, narrative description of human life predominates in contemporary culture
the diachronic construct of those feelings in sequence, in action
the infinite complexity, synchronic as well as diachronic
The romance plot is really the lynchpin of the picture, and it determines the diachronic structure of the narrative.
Pound made his diachronic and intercultural world