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Metachronism

//məˈtækɹənɪz(ə)m// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An error in chronological ordering in which a character or an event is placed at too late a time.

Etymology

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

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