单词 | anachronism |
释义 | Word Frequency anachronism(əˈnækrəˌnɪzəm) noun 1. the representation of an event, person, or thing in a historical context in which it could not have occurred or existed 2. a person or thing that belongs or seems to belong to another time she regards the Church as an anachronism Derived forms anachronistic (aˌnachroˈnistic) adjective anachronistically (aˌnachroˈnistically) adverb Word origin C17: from Latin anachronismus, from Greek anakhronismos a mistake in chronology, from anakhronizein to err in a time reference, from ana- + khronos time |
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