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a·nach·ro·ny  audio  (-nkr-n) KEY 

NOUN:
Discrepancy between the chronological order of events and the order in which they are related in a plot.

ETYMOLOGY:
anachron(ism) + -y2

OTHER FORMS:
ana·chronic  (n-krnk) KEY (Adjective)


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