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Noun: parachronism  pu'ra-kru,ni-zum
  1. An error in chronology where an event, person, or thing is placed later in time than its actual occurrence
    "The novel contained a parachronism, mentioning smartphones in a scene set in the 1980s"

Derived forms: parachronisms

Encyclopedia: Parachronism