antichronism

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noun

Deviation from the true order of time; anachronism.

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Meanings

nounantichronism (countable and uncountable, plural antichronisms)

plural antichronisms

  1. archaiccountableuncountableDeviation 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/

Origin

From anti- + chrono- + -ism.

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APA

antichronism. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antichronism

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“antichronism.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antichronism. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “antichronism,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/antichronism.

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