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PROCHRONISM

Definition: PROCHRONISM

PROCHRONISM

Noun

1. The dating of an event before the time it happened; an antedating; -- opposed to metachronism.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Prochronism \Pro"chro*nism\, noun. [Greek expression preceding in time; before time: compare to the French expression prochronisme.]. (Websters 1913)


Synonyms within Context: PROCHRONISM

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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Rhyming with "PROCHRONISM"

Words rhyming with "PROCHRONISM" (pronounced 'Pro"chro*nism'): Agonism, Albinism, Anachronism, Antagonism, Antichronism, Autochthonism, Centonism, Cinchonism, Communism, Cyphonism, laconism, Mangonism, Marconism, Metachronism, Monogenism, Nanism, Neonism, Neoplatonism, Parachronism, Philanthropinism, Phrenism, Platonism, Plutonism, Polygenism, Polyphonism, Pyrrhonism, Pythonism, saturnism, Stercoranism, synchronism, Tyronism, Ultramontanism. (additional references)

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Anagrams: PROCHRONISM

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

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

-3 letters: chorions, chrismon, hormonic, isochron, isomorph, morphins, morrions, omicrons, promisor, scorpion.

-4 letters: chopins, chorion, chrisom, chromos, crimson, isochor, microns, moonish, moorish, morions, moronic, morphic, morphin, morphos, morrion, omicron, opsonic, phonics, pocosin, ponchos, poorish, porcino, rompish.

-5 letters: chimps, chinos, chirms, chiros, chirps, chirrs, choirs, chomps, chopin, chrism, chromo, compos, crimps, croons, honors, ichors, micron, micros.

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

+3 letters: chromoproteins.

 

+4 letters: chlorpromazines.

 

+5 letters: anthropocentrism, phonocardiograms, semipornographic.

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

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Alternative Orthography: PROCHRONISM


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

50 52 4F 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 01010010 01001111 01000011 01001000 01010010 01001111 01001110 01001001 01010011 01001101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 0052 004F 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)

5052493742524948435347

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Rhymes
3. Anagrams
4. Orthography
5. Bibliography


  

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