Anachronism

Quick meaning: Anachronism is a noun meaning A chronological mistake; the erroneous dating of an event, circumstance, or object. [from 17th c.].

Meaning

A chronological mistake; the erroneous dating of an event, circumstance, or object. [from 17th c.].

More Meanings

1. (countable) A person or thing which seems to belong to a different time or period of time. [from 19th c.]
2. The aberrant projection of the present onto the past.

Example Sentences

You are too young—it is an anachronism for you to have such thoughts

It has been a colossal error by Davos Man left-wingers to think of nation-states as embarrassing anachronisms hostile to democracy.

His movements, his clothes, everything about him, seemed slightly out of place in this assembly. He spoiled the pattern; like Alvin, he was an anachronism.

We're also witnessing the passing of something even more profound - a culture of working-class masculinity that has become an anachronism in the modern world.

Word Forms

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Synonyms for anachronism

Depending on context, synonyms include mistiming, misdating.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include mistiming, misdating, irrelevance, metachronism, parachronism, antichronism.

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