ANACHRONISM

Anachronism

An anachronism, from the Greek ανά and χρόνος, is a chronological inconsistency in some arrangement, especially a juxtaposition of person, events, objects, or customs from different periods of time. Often the item misplaced in time is an object, but it may be a verbal expression, a technology, a philosophical idea, a musical style, a material, a custom, or anything else associated with a particular period in time so that it is incorrect to place it outside its proper temporal domain.

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anachronism

Noun

  1. A chronological mistake; the erroneous dating of an event, circumstance, or object.
  2. A person or thing which seems to belong to a different time or period of time.


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