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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024a•nach•ro•nism /əˈnækrəˌnɪzəm/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- an error made in which a person, object, happening, etc., is assigned a date or period other than the correct one:It is an anachronism to write that atomic bombs were used in the Civil War.
- a thing or person that belongs to an earlier time and is out of place in the present.
See -chron-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024a•nach•ro•nism (ə nak′rə niz′əm),USA pronunciation n. - something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time, esp. a thing or person that belongs to an earlier time:The sword is an anachronism in modern warfare.
- an error in chronology in which a person, object, event, etc., is assigned a date or period other than the correct one:To assign Michelangelo to the 14th century is an anachronism.Cf. parachronism, prochronism.
- Greek anachronismós a wrong time reference, equivalent. to anachron(ízein) to make a wrong time reference (see ana-, chron-, -ize) + -ismos -ism
- Latin anachronismus
- 1640–50;
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: anachronism /əˈnækrəˌnɪzəm/ n - the representation of an event, person, or thing in a historical context in which it could not have occurred or existed
- a person or thing that belongs or seems to belong to another time
Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin anachronismus, from Greek anakhronismos a mistake in chronology, from anakhronizein to err in a time reference, from ana- + khronos timeaˌnachroˈnistic adj aˌnachroˈnistically adv |