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Anachronism

Anachronism Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Anachronism? [n] an artifact that belongs to another time [n] a person who seems to be displaced in time; who belongs to another age [n] something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred Synonyms \| Synonyms for Anachronism: misdating \| mistiming Related Terms \| Find terms related to Anachronism: antedate \| antedating \| anticipation \| defect \| faux pas \| flaw \| gaffe \| metachronism \| misapplication \| misdate \| misdating \| mistake \| mistiming \| parachronism \| postdate \| postdating \| prochronism \| prolepsis \| slip \| solecism See Also \| anomaly \| artefact \| artifact \| timekeeping \| unusual person Anachronism In Webster's Dictionary \Anach"ronism\, n. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to refer to a wrong time, to confound times; ? + ? 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.

Anachronism Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Anachronism?

[n] an artifact that belongs to another time
[n] a person who seems to be displaced in time; who belongs to another age
[n] something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred

Synonyms | Synonyms for Anachronism: misdating | mistiming

Anachronism In Webster's Dictionary

\An*ach"ro*nism\, n. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to refer to a
wrong time, to confound times; ? + ? 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.

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