Prochronism

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

  Prochronism \Pro"chro*nism\, n. [Gr. ? preceding in time; ?
     before + ? time: cf. F. prochronisme.]
     The dating of an event before the time it happened; an
     antedating; -- opposed to {metachronism}.
     [1913 Webster]