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anachronism
[uh-nak-ruh-niz-uhm]
noun
something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time, especially a thing or person that belongs to an earlier time.
The sword is an anachronism in modern warfare.
an error in chronology in which a person, object, event, etc., is assigned a date or period other than the correct one.
To assign Michelangelo to the 14th century is an anachronism.
anachronism
/ əˈæəˌɪə /
noun
the representation of an event, person, or thing in a historical context in which it could not have occurred or existed
a person or thing that belongs or seems to belong to another time
she regards the Church as an anachronism
Other 51Թ Forms
- anachronically adverb
- ˌԲˈԾپ adverb
- ˌԲˈԾپ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of anachronism1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of anachronism1
Example Sentences
Israel is in some ways an anachronism in that 20th-century trajectory.
Some people do not get the Lions and call it an anachronism and an unimportant exhibition.
Andy Cooke, chief inspector of constabulary, said the current police funding formula was "an anachronism".
If journalism's “bias” is to report what is factual, that kind of “neutrality” in the age of Trump is rapidly becoming an anachronism of false equivalence.
Political conventions are lumbering anachronisms, but they survive because they serve two purposes.
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