Metachronism

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Metachronism \Me*tach"ro*nism\, n. [Gr. ?, ?, after the time,
     happening afterward; ? beyond + ? time: cf. F.
     m['e]tachronisme.]
     An error committed in chronology by placing an event after
     its real time.
     [1913 Webster]