Parachronism

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

  Parachronism \Pa*rach"ro*nism\ (p[.a]*r[a^]k"r[-o]*n[i^]z'm), n.
     [Pref. para- + Gr. ? time: cf. F. parachronisme.]
     An error in chronology, by which the date of an event is set
     later than the time of its occurrence. [R.]
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