A soldier is an anachronism of which we must get rid.
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Anachronism
//əˈnæ.kɹə.nɪ.z(ə)m//
Synonyms for "anachronism" (26 found)
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Closest matches (6)
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Related words (13)
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8 entriesTranslations
67 translations across 33 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀναχρονισμός noun (chronological mistake)
Armenian
1 entries- անախրոնիզմ noun (chronological mistake)
Belarusian
1 entries- анахранізм noun (chronological mistake)
Bulgarian
2 entries- анахрони́зъм noun (chronological mistake)
- анахрони́зъм noun (person or thing which seems to belong to a different time)
Catalan
2 entries- anacronisme noun (chronological mistake)
- anacronisme noun (person or thing which seems to belong to a different time)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 不合時宜 /不合时宜 noun (chronological mistake)
- 時空錯位 /时空错位 noun (chronological mistake)
Czech
1 entries- anachronismus noun (person or thing which seems to belong to a different time)
Danish
2 entries- anakronism noun (chronological mistake)
- anakronisme noun (person or thing which seems to belong to a different time)
Dutch
1 entries- anachronisme noun (chronological mistake)
Esperanto
2 entries- anakronismo noun (chronological mistake)
- dateraro noun (chronological mistake)
Finnish
2 entries- ajoitusvirhe noun (chronological mistake)
- anakronismi noun (person or thing which seems to belong to a different time)
French
1 entries- anachronisme noun (chronological mistake)
Galician
2 entries- anacronismo noun (chronological mistake)
- anacronismo noun (person or thing which seems to belong to a different time)
German
2 entries- Anachronismus noun (chronological mistake)
- Anachronismus noun (person or thing which seems to belong to a different time)
Greek
2 entries- αναχρονισμός noun (chronological mistake)
- αναχρονισμός noun (person or thing which seems to belong to a different time)
Hungarian
4 entries- anakronizmus noun (chronological mistake)
- időrendi tévedés noun (chronological mistake)
- időzavar noun (chronological mistake)
- kortévesztés noun (chronological mistake)
Indonesian
2 entries- anakronisme noun (chronological mistake)
- anakronisme noun (person or thing which seems to belong to a different time)
Irish
3 entries- anacrónachas noun (chronological mistake)
- iomrall aimsire noun (chronological mistake)
- mí-aimsearthacht noun (chronological mistake)
Italian
1 entries- anacronismo noun (chronological mistake)
Japanese
2 entries- 時代錯誤 noun (chronological mistake)
- 時代錯誤 noun (person or thing which seems to belong to a different time)
Korean
1 entries- 시대 착오 noun (chronological mistake)
Macedonian
2 entries- анахрони́зам noun (chronological mistake)
- анахрони́зам noun (person or thing which seems to belong to a different time)
Manx
1 entries- mee-emshiraght noun (chronological mistake)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- anakronisme noun (person or thing which seems to belong to a different time)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- anakronisme noun (person or thing which seems to belong to a different time)
Polish
4 entries- anachroniczność noun (chronological mistake)
- anachroniczność noun (person or thing which seems to belong to a different time)
- anachronizm noun (chronological mistake)
- anachronizm noun (person or thing which seems to belong to a different time)
Portuguese
2 entries- anacronismo noun (chronological mistake)
- anacronismo noun (person or thing which seems to belong to a different time)
Russian
3 entries- анахрони́зм noun (chronological mistake)
- анахрони́зм noun (person or thing which seems to belong to a different time)
- пережи́ток noun (person or thing which seems to belong to a different time)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- anahronìzam noun (chronological mistake)
- anakronìzam noun (chronological mistake)
- anakronìzam noun (person or thing which seems to belong to a different time)
- анакронѝзам noun (chronological mistake)
Spanish
4 entries- anacronismo noun (chronological mistake)
- anacronismo noun (person or thing which seems to belong to a different time)
- anacronía noun (chronological mistake)
- anacronía noun (person or thing which seems to belong to a different time)
Swedish
1 entries- anakronism noun (chronological mistake)
Turkish
4 entries- anakronizm noun (chronological mistake)
- zaman aşımı noun (person or thing which seems to belong to a different time)
- zamandışılık noun (chronological mistake)
- çağaşım noun (chronological mistake)
Ukrainian
1 entries- анахроні́зм noun (chronological mistake)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
It's an anachronism.
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This seems like a bit of an anachronism.
Source: tatoeba (11080911)
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.
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