- prochronism
- noun /ˈpɹoʊkɹənɪzm,ˈpɹɑkɹənɪzm/An error in chronological order in which one is ascribed an earlier time.
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Prochronism — Pro chro*nism, n. [Gr. ? preceding in time; ? before + ? time: cf. F. prochronisme.] The dating of an event before the time it happened; an antedating; opposed to {metachronism}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
prochronism — /proh kreuh niz euhm, prok reuh /, n. a chronological error in which a person, event, etc., is assigned a date earlier than the actual one; prolepsis. Cf. anachronism, parachronism. [1640 50; PRO 2 + Gk chrón(os) time + ISM. See ANACHRONISM] * *… … Universalium
prochronism — prochro·nism … English syllables
prochronism — n. error of assigning to an event a date before its real date … Dictionary of difficult words
prochronism — /pro(w)kranizam/ An error in chronology, consisting in dating a thing before it happened … Black's law dictionary
prochronism — n. the action of referring an event etc. to an earlier date than the true one. Etymology: PRO (2) + Gk khronos time … Useful english dictionary
prochronisms — noun /ˈpɹoʊkɹənɪzmz,ˈpɹɑkɹənɪzmz/ Plural of prochronism. See Also: prochronism, parachronism, metachronism, anachronism … Wiktionary
anachronism — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. misdate, prolepsis, anticipation; metachronism, parachronism, prochronism. See time, error. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. misdate, misdating, antedate, postdate, prochronism, chronological error,… … English dictionary for students
Anachronism — An anachronism (from the Greek ana ανά , against, anti , and chronos χρόνος , time ) is anything that is temporally incongruous in the time period it has been placed in mdash;that is, it appears in a temporal context in which it seems… … Wikipedia
Omphalos (book) — For other uses, see Omphalos (disambiguation). Omphalos: An Attempt to Untie the Geological Knot is a book by Philip Gosse, written in 1857 (two years before Darwin s On the Origin of Species), in which he argues that the fossil record is not… … Wikipedia
