Anachrony


a discrepancy between the order of events in a story and the order in which they are presented in the plot:
anachronies are either flashbacks or flashforwards.

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  • Anachronous

    misplaced in time; anachronistic.

  • Anacidity

    the abnormal absence of hydrochloric acid in the stomach. anacidity an·a·cid·i·ty (ān’ə-sĭd’ĭ-tē) n. absence of acidity, especially the absence of hydrochloric acid in the gastric juices.

  • Anaclastic

    of or relating to refraction. historical examples anaclastic, an-a-klas′tik, adj. pertaining to refraction: bending back. chambers’s twentieth century dictionary (part 1 of 4: a-d) various

  • Anacletus

    flourished 1st century a.d, pope 76–88. historical examples anacletus stayed in rome, but innocent crossed the alps, and a council was summoned at tampes to decide upon his t-tle. the law of civilization and decay brooks adams pope anacletus speaks of patriarchs, metropolitans, and primates long before they arose. the rise of the mediaeval church […]

  • Anaclinal

    adjective (of valleys and similar formations) progressing in a direction opposite to the dip of the surrounding rock strata


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