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anachronism
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun anachronism has 3 senses
- anachronism(n = noun.time) misdating, mistiming - something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred; Array is a kind of timekeeping
- anachronism(n = noun.artifact) Array - an artifact that belongs to another time; Array is a kind of artefact, artifact
- anachronism(n = noun.person) Array - a person who seems to be displaced in time; who belongs to another age; Array is a kind of anomaly, unusual person
Derived forms adjective anachronic1, adjective anachronistic1
Derived forms adjective anachronic1, adjective anachronistic1, adjective anachronous1
Derived forms adjective anachronic1, adjective anachronistic1, adjective anachronous1
CIDE DICTIONARY
anachronism, 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. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
anachronism, n.
1 a the attribution of a custom, event, etc., to a period to which it does not belong. b a thing attributed in this way.
2 a anything out of harmony with its period. b an old-fashioned or out-of-date person or thing.
1 a the attribution of a custom, event, etc., to a period to which it does not belong. b a thing attributed in this way.
2 a anything out of harmony with its period. b an old-fashioned or out-of-date person or thing.
Derivative
anachronistic adj. anachronistically adv.
Etymology
F anachronisme or Gk anakhronismos (as ANA-, khronos time)
THESAURUS
anachronism
antedate, antedating, anticipation, defect, faux pas, flaw, gaffe, metachronism, misapplication, misdate, misdating, mistake, mistiming, parachronism, postdate, postdating, prochronism, prolepsis, slip, solecismROGET THESAURUS
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Anachronism
N anachronism, metachronism, parachronism, prochronism, prolepsis, misdate, anticipation, antichronism, disregard of time, neglect of time, oblivion of time, intempestivity, misdated, undated, overdue, past due, out of date.Untimeliness
N untimeliness, intempestivity, unseasonableness, inexpedience, unsuitable time, improper time, unreasonableness, evil hour, contretemps, intrusion, anachronism, bad time, wrong time, inappropriate time, not the right occasion, unsuitable time, inopportune time, poor timing, ill-timed, mistimed, ill-fated, ill-omened, ill-starred, untimely, unseasonable, out of date, out of season, inopportune, timeless, intrusive, untoward, mal a propos, unlucky, inauspicious, infelicitous, unbefitting, unpropitious, unfortunate, unfavorable, unsuited, inexpedient, unpunctual, too late for, premature, too soon for, wise after the event, monday morning quarterbacking, twenty-twenty hindsight, inopportunely, as ill luck would have it, in an evil hour, the time having gone by, a day after the fair, after death the doctor, after meat mustard.
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