ANACHRONISM

anachronism

(noun) an artifact that belongs to another time

anachronism

(noun) a person who seems to be displaced in time; who belongs to another age

anachronism, mistiming, misdating

(noun) something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

anachronism (countable and uncountable, plural anachronisms)

A chronological mistake; the erroneous dating of an event, circumstance, or object.

A person or thing which seems to belong to a different time or period of time.

Anagrams

• Monarchians

Source: Wiktionary


An*ach"ro*nism, n. Etym: [Gr. anachronisme.]

Definition: A misplacing or error in the order of time; an error in chronology by which events are misplaced in regard to each other, esp. one by which an event is placed too early; falsification of chronological relation.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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