Anachronize
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /əˈnækɹənaɪz/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Anachronize is a verb meaning To refer to, or put into, a wrong time period.
Meaning
To refer to, or put into, a wrong time period.
Example Sentences
The only fair comparison would be between him and that one of his contemporaries who endeavored to anachronize himself, so to speak, and to subject his art, so far as might be, to the laws of classical composition.
Word Forms
- anachronizes
- anachronizing
- anachronized
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include untime, misrefer, misarrange, misplace, mistime, misreference.
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