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antichronism

antichronism noun: deviation from the true order of time; anachronism.

Noun

antichronism (countable and uncountable, plural antichronisms)

  1. (archaic) Deviation from the true order of time; anachronism.
    • […] many grosse absurdities in our Chronologies, which are by transcribing, interpolation, misprinting, and creeping in of antichronismes now and then strangely disordered.1612, John Selden, notes upon Poly-Olbion 4http://poly-olbion.exeter.ac.uk/the-text/words/antichronism/

Forms of antichronism

pluralantichronisms

Origin of antichronism

From anti- + chrono- + -ism.

Questions about antichronism

What does antichronism mean?
Antichronism means deviation from the true order of time; anachronism.
What part of speech is antichronism?
Antichronism is a noun.
What is the plural of antichronism?
The plural of antichronism is antichronisms.

Words near antichronism in the dictionary

  1. antichristians
  2. Antichristic
  3. antichrists
  4. antichromatin
  5. antichronical
  6. antichronism
  7. antichronisms
  8. antichronological
  9. antichthon
  10. Antichthones
  11. antichthonic

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