Antichronological
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 In reversed chronological order; working backwards through time. not-comparable
"In theory, there could be two ways of working a coherent, connected, systematic account of a person — the chronological, which proceeds backward (so to speak) from the beginning to the end and the antichronological, which proceeds from the end to the beginning."
Example
More examples"In theory, there could be two ways of working a coherent, connected, systematic account of a person — the chronological, which proceeds backward (so to speak) from the beginning to the end and the antichronological, which proceeds from the end to the beginning."
Etymology
From anti- + chronological.
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