nonchronological

adjective

non·​chro·​no·​log·​i·​cal ˌnän-ˌkrä-nə-ˈlä-ji-kəl 

-ˌkrō-

: not of, relating to, or arranged according to the order of time : not chronological

nonchronological narratives

nonchronologically

ˌnän-ˌkrä-nə-ˈlä-ji-k(ə-)lē 

-ˌkrō-

adverb

sorted the emails nonchronologically by sender

Examples of nonchronological in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The book is nonchronological, and the pages layer images from multiple time periods. —Yurina Yoshikawa, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2023

The idea of nonchronological storytelling itself is far from new to television. —Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 26 Mar. 2021

Season one of the show, which involves time travel, had originally aired in nonchronological order, and a re-broadcast and a DVD version had each further rearranged the episodes. —Quanta Magazine, 5 Nov. 2018

Around it are sprinkled the first slew of the 50 nonchronological looks selected by Clark for the display. —Luke Leitch, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2018

The works are shown in a nimble, nonchronological suite of galleries, and some of its century-spanning juxtapositions are bracing; others feel reductive, even dilettantish. —New York Times, 12 July 2018

Word History

First Known Use

1874, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for nonchronological

• aetiological
• anthropological
• archaeological
• axiological
• climatological
• deontological
• dermatological
• eschatological
• etiological
• etymological
• gerontological
• glaciological