Definition of Parachronism. Meaning of Parachronism. Synonyms of Parachronism

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Definition of Parachronism

Parachronism
Parachronism Pa*rach"ro*nism, 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.]

Meaning of Parachronism from wikipedia

- attitudes, or even fashions between different historical periods and eras. A parachronism (from the Gr**** παρά, "on the side", and χρόνος, "time") is anything...
- an invention by Silius in order to embellish his work, inserting by parachronism the true Viriathus in the Second Punic War despite chronological impossibilities...