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a·nach·ro·ny [uh-nak-ruh-nee] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural -nies.
a discrepancy between the order of events in a story and the order in which they are presented in the plot. Anachronies are either flashbacks or flashforwards.
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an·a·chron·ic [an-uh-kron-ik] Pronunciation Key, adjective
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a·nach·ro·ny    Audio Help   (ə-nāk'rə-nē)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   Discrepancy between the chronological order of events and the order in which they are related in a plot.


[anachron(ism) + -y2.]

an'a·chron'ic (ān'ə-krŏn'ĭk) adj.
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anachronic

adjective
chronologically misplaced; "English public schools are anachronistic" 

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