Usually means: Anachronism occurring before its time.
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  1. prochronism: Merriam-Webster
  2. prochronism: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. prochronism: Collins English Dictionary
  4. prochronism: Wordnik
  5. prochronism: Wiktionary
  6. prochronism: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. Prochronism, prochronism: Dictionary.com
  8. Prochronism: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. prochronism: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  10. Prochronism: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. prochronism: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  12. prochronism: FreeDictionary.org
  13. prochronism: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  14. prochronism: TheFreeDictionary.com

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noun:  An error in chronological order in which something is ascribed an earlier time than the actual one.

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