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anachronism
anachronism
3 definitions found
for anachronism
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Anachronism \An*ach"ro*nism\, n. [Gr. 'anachronismo`s, fr.
'anachroni`zein to refer to a wrong time, to confound times;
'ana` + chro`nos time: cf. F. anachronisme.]
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.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
anachronism
n 1: something located at a time when it could not have existed
or occurred [syn: anachronism, mistiming, misdating]
2: an artifact that belongs to another time
3: a person who seems to be displaced in time; who belongs to
another age
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
20 Moby Thesaurus words for "anachronism":
antedate, antedating, anticipation, defect, faux pas, flaw, gaffe,
metachronism, misapplication, misdate, misdating, mistake,
mistiming, parachronism, postdate, postdating, prochronism,
prolepsis, slip, solecism