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anachrony

American

[uh-nak-ruh-nee] / əˈnæk rə ni /

noun

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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anachronic

adjective

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Nouns

anachronies

plural

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