Parachrony

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Parachrony or Parachronie: It is a figurative or metaphorical singularity or inaccuracy of chronology, that consists of presuming that an event happens later than when in fact occurred on the basis of narrator’s faculty to alter reality with fictional or allegorical purpose. Parachrony differs totally from linear time perspective for it rigid mechanical perception of certainty which disregard the different dimensions of materiality

In quantum theory, new worlds would proliferate with every quantum event, and even if the writer uses human decisions, every decision that could be made differently would result in a different timeline.

Parachrony is related to anachronism (from the Greek ανά, "against," and χρόνος, "time") is something that is out of its equitable time. For example, as Sergio Badilla Castillo does depicting a divine figure from Kalevala (Tapio) using a cell phone, in his book "Kalahuala", this is an anachronism.

There are two types of anachronisms, parachronisms and prochronisms. Parachronisms are when the assigned date is too late for the appearance of the anachronisms, for instance horse drawn carriages on a freeway. Prochronisms are when the assigned date is too early for the appearance of the anachronisms. Additionally, an anachronism can be real or fictional; if fictional, it can be intentional or accidental.