Etymology

metachronism

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Today it means: An error in chronological ordering in which a character or an event is placed at too late a time. Full definition →

Ancient Greek μετά
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromμετά“after, behind”
  2. English todaymetachronism

From Ancient Greek μετά (metá, “after, behind”) + χρόνος (khrónos, “time”) + -ism.

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