metachronism

Noun

Meaning

An error committed in chronology by placing an event after its real time.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

anticipation anachronism lateness misplacement prolepsis solecism earliness misdate postdate tardiness parachronism prochronism chronological error

Antonyms

sequence

Related terms

anachronism parachronism prochronism metachronic

Close letter words and terms

metachronal metachronally metachronic metachronistic metachronous metachronously