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PARACHRONISM

Definition: PARACHRONISM

PARACHRONISM

Noun

1. An error in chronology, by which the date of an event is set later than the time of its occurrence.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Parachronism \Pa*rach"ro*nism\, noun. [Prefix para- Greek expression time: compare to the French expression parachronisme.]. (Websters 1913)

Synonyms within Context: PARACHRONISM

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Anachronism

Noun: anachronism, metachronism, parachronism, prochronism; prolepsis, misdate; anticipation, antichronism.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: PARACHRONISM

English words defined with "PARACHRONISM": Para-. (references)

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Modern Translations: PARACHRONISM

Language Translations for "PARACHRONISM"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Bulgarian 

  

хронологическа грешка, парахронизъм. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

idõbeli tévedés. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

arachronismpay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

paracronismo, paracêntrico (paracentric). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

парахронизм. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

parahronizam. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

kronolojik hata (anachronism). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

sự lùi niên đại. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "PARACHRONISM"

Words rhyming with "PARACHRONISM" (pronounced 'Pa*rach"ro*nism'): Agonism, Albinism, Anachronism, Antagonism, Antichronism, Autochthonism, Centonism, Cinchonism, Communism, Cyphonism, Diathermanism, Donnism, Essenism, Euphonism, Histrionism, Illuminism, Isochronism, Isogonism, Japonism, laconism, Mangonism, Marconism, Metachronism, Monogenism, Nanism, Neonism, Neoplatonism, Philanthropinism, Phrenism, Platonism, Plutonism, Polygenism, Polyphonism, Prochronism, Pyrrhonism, Pythonism, saturnism, Stercoranism, synchronism, Technism, Terminism, Theogonism, Tyronism, Ultramontanism. (additional references)

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Anagrams: PARACHRONISM

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-c-h-i-m-n-o-p-r-r-s"

-2 letters: anamorphic, harmonicas, maraschino.

-3 letters: anaphoric, anarchism, armchairs, armonicas, caparison, chairmans, champions, harmonica, harmonics, macaronis, marocains, omniarchs, panoramic, parachors, paranoics, pharaonic.

-4 letters: amphoras, anaphors, aphonias, aphonics, aphorism, archaism, armchair, armonica, camorras, camphors, campions, carrions, chairman, champion, charisma, charpais, chrismon, corpsman, crampons, haircaps, harmonic, macaroni, mahonias, maniocas, mariposa, marocain, marranos, minorcas, monarchs, morphias, morphins, nomarchs, ocarinas, omniarch, panochas, parachor, paranoic, parsonic, piranhas, prochain, rampions, ramshorn, rosarian, shamanic.

-5 letters: acrasin, acromia, amphora, anaphor, anarchs, anchors, anopias, anopsia, anosmia, anosmic, aphasic, aphonia, aphonic, archons, arnicas, caimans, camions, camorra, camphor, campion, carhops, carinas, carrion, carroms, chamiso, chamois, chapman, charism, charpai, charros, chiasma, chimars, chopins, chrisma, chrisom, chromas, coprahs, corsair, crampon, crimson, haircap, harmins, harpins, isopach, macrons, mahonia, maniacs, manioca, maniocs, marinas, marrano, marrons, masonic, microns, minorca, mohairs, monarch, morphia, morphic, morphin, narcism, nomarch, oarsman, ocarina, orphans, paisano, panocha, paramos, pariahs, parians, phonics, picaras, picaros, piranas, piranha, prosaic, rampion, ranchos, rancors, raphias, rompish, rosaria, sarcoma, shipman, shopman, soprani, spinach, sporran.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-c-h-i-m-n-o-p-r-r-s"
 

+4 letters: cinematographers, phonocardiograms.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: PARACHRONISM


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 41 52 41 43 48 52 4F 4E 49 53 4D

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.--.    .-    .-.    .-    -.-.    ....    .-.    ---    -.    ..    ...    --

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01000001 01010010 01000001 01000011 01001000 01010010 01001111 01001110 01001001 01010011 01001101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#65 &#82 &#65 &#67 &#72 &#82 &#79 &#78 &#73 &#83 &#77

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 0041 0052 0041 0043 0048 0052 004F 004E 0049 0053 004D

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

503552353742524948435347

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Translations: Modern
4. Rhymes
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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