Usually means: Anachronism occurring in different times.
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  1. metachronism: Merriam-Webster
  2. metachronism: Collins English Dictionary
  3. metachronism: Wordnik
  4. metachronism: Wiktionary
  5. Metachronism, metachronism: Dictionary.com
  6. Metachronism: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. metachronism: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Metachronism: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. metachronism: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. metachronism: FreeDictionary.org
  11. metachronism: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  12. metachronism: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (metachronism)

▸ noun:  An error in chronological ordering in which a character or an event is placed at too late a time.

Similar:
parachronism, antichronism, anachronism, anachronym, mistiming, miscast, misordering, misdate, untime, miscorrection, more...

Opposite:
synchronism, simultaneity, concurrency

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Similar:
parachronism, antichronism, anachronism, anachronym, mistiming, miscast, misordering, misdate, untime, miscorrection, more...

Opposite:
synchronism, simultaneity, concurrency



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