anachronism (noun)

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• anachronism — ► NOUN 1) a thing belonging to a period other than the one in which it exists. 2) the placing of something in the wrong historical period. DERIVATIVES anachronistic adjective anachronistically adverb. ORIGIN from Greek ana backwards + khronos… …   English terms dictionary

• anachronism — noun Etymology: probably from Middle Greek anachronismos, from anachronizesthai to be an anachronism, from Late Greek anachronizein to be late, from Greek ana + chronos time Date: 1617 1. an error in chronology; especially a chronological… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• anachronism — noun /əˈnækɹəˌnɪzm̩/ a) A chronological mistake; the erroneous dating of an event, circumstance, or object. His movements, his clothes, everything about him, seemed slightly out of place in this assembly. He spoiled the pattern; like Alvin, he… …   Wiktionary

• anachronism — noun (C) 1 someone or something that seems to belong to the past, not the present: The monarchy is something of an anachronism these days. 2 something in a play, film etc that seems wrong because it is being shown in the wrong period of time… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• anachronism — UK [əˈnækrəˌnɪz(ə)m] / US [əˈnækrəˌnɪzəm] noun [countable] Word forms anachronism : singular anachronism plural anachronisms something that is no longer suitable for or relevant to modern times She regards the marriage ceremony as a quaint… …   English dictionary

• anachronism — a|nach|ro|nism [ ə nækrə,nızəm ] noun count something that is no longer suitable for or relevant to modern times: She regards the marriage ceremony as a quaint anachronism. ╾ a|nach|ro|nis|tic [ ə,nækrə nıstık ] adjective …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• anachronism — [ə nakrəˌnɪz(ə)m] noun 1》 a thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exists. 2》 the attribution of something to a period to which it does not belong. Derivatives anachronic ˌanə krɒnɪk adjective anachronistic… …   English new terms dictionary

• anachronism — [əˈnækrəˌnɪz(ə)m] noun [C] something that is no longer suitable for modern times anachronistic [əˌnækrəˈnɪstɪk] adj …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• anachronism — /əˈnækrənɪzəm / (say uh nakruhnizuhm) noun 1. an error assigning a custom, event, person, or thing to an age other, especially earlier, than the correct one. 2. something placed or occurring out of its proper time. {Greek anachronismos} …  

• anachronistic — anachronism ► NOUN 1) a thing belonging to a period other than the one in which it exists. 2) the placing of something in the wrong historical period. DERIVATIVES anachronistic adjective anachronistically adverb. ORIGIN from Greek ana backwards + …   English terms dictionary

• anachronistically — anachronism ► NOUN 1) a thing belonging to a period other than the one in which it exists. 2) the placing of something in the wrong historical period. DERIVATIVES anachronistic adjective anachronistically adverb. ORIGIN from Greek ana backwards + …   English terms dictionary