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prochronism

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

pro·chro·nism

[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.


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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