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prochronism

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pro⋅chro⋅nism

  [proh-kruh-niz-uhm, prok-ruh-]
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–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 + Gk chrón(os) time + -ism. See anachronism
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