| 单词 | anachronism |
| 释义 | anachronism —anachronically /an'euh kron"ik lee/, adv. /euh nak"reuh niz'euhm/, n. 1. 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. 2. 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. [1640-50; < L anachronismus < Gk anachronismós a wrong time reference, equiv. to anachron(ízein) to make a wrong time reference (see ANA-, CHRON-, -IZE) + -ismos -ISM] |
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