| Metachronism (n.) An error committed in chronology by placing an event after its real time. Thesaurus Entries antedate, antedating, anticipation, defect, faux pas, flaw, gaffe, metachronism, misapplication, misdate, misdating, mistake, mistiming, parachronism, postdate, postdating, prochronism, prolepsis, slip, solecism |