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parachronism

pa·rach·ro·nism
P p

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [pa-rak-ruh-niz-uh m]
    • /pæˈræk rəˌnɪz əm/
    • /pə.ˈræ.krə.nɪzm/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [pa-rak-ruh-niz-uh m]
    • /pæˈræk rəˌnɪz əm/

Definitions of parachronism word

  • noun parachronism a chronological error in which a person, event, etc., is assigned a date later than the actual one. 1
  • noun parachronism an error in dating, esp by giving too late a date 0
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Origin of parachronism

First appearance:

before 1635
One of the 43% oldest English words
First recorded in 1635-45; para-1 + chron- + -ism

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Parts of speech for Parachronism

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Parachronism

parachronism popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 39% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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