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prochronism

[proh-kruh-niz-uhm, prok-ruh-]

noun

a chronological error in which a person, event, etc., is assigned a date earlier than the actual one; prolepsis.

Compare anachronism, parachronism.

Origin:
1640–50; pro-² + Greek chrón(os) time + -ism. See anachronism

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prochronism (ˈprəʊkrəˌnɪzəm)

—n
	Compare parachronism an error in dating that places an event earlier than it actually occurred

[C17: from pro-² + Greek khronos time + -ism, by analogy with anachronism]

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