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Anachronism

//əˈnæ.kɹə.nɪ.z(ə)m// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A chronological mistake; the erroneous dating of an event, circumstance, or object. countable, uncountable

    "Indeed, that Hall of the Upper Temple is a sight not uninteresting, and with the exception of some trifling improvements and anachronisms which have been introduced into the practice there, a man may sit down and fancy that he joins in a meal of the seventeenth century."

  2. 2
    an artifact that belongs to another time wordnet
  3. 3
    A person or thing which seems to belong to a different time or period of time. countable, uncountable

    "You are too young—it is an anachronism for you to have such thoughts"

  4. 4
    a person who seems to be displaced in time; who belongs to another age wordnet
  5. 5
    The aberrant projection of the present onto the past. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred wordnet

Etymology

From New Latin anachronismus, from Ancient Greek ἀναχρονισμός (anakhronismós), from ἀναχρονίζομαι (anakhronízomai, “referring to the wrong time”), from ἀνά (aná, “up against”) + χρονίζω (khronízō, “spending time”), from χρόνος (khrónos, “time”). Analyzable as ana- + chrono- + -ism.

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