Anachronism

Definitions

1. A chronological mistake; the erroneous dating of an event, circumstance, or object.
   countable, uncountable
2. A person or thing which seems to belong to a different time or period of time.
   countable, uncountable
3. The aberrant projection of the present onto the past.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

25 more languages

العربيةالأثر

Българскианахронизъм

Bosanskianahronizamanakronizamанакронизаманахронизам+ 1 more

Catalàanacronisme

Češtinaanachronismus

Ελληνικάαναχρονισμός

Esperantoanakronismo

Suomianakronismi

Gaeilgeanacrónachasiomrall aimsiremí-aimsearthacht

Galegoanacronismo

Hrvatskianahronizamanakronizamанакронизаманахронизам+ 1 more

Magyaranakronizmus

Bahasa Indonesiaanakronisme

Italianoanacronismo

日本語時代錯誤

한국어시대 착오

Latinaanachronismus

Македонскианахронизам

Nederlandsanachronisme

Polskianachronicznośćanachronicznyanachronizm

Portuguêsanacronismo

Русскийанахронизмпережиток

Српскиanahronizamanakronizamанакронизаманахронизам+ 1 more

Svenskaanakronism

Türkçeanakronizmçağaşımzaman aşımı

Examples

“Indeed, that Hall of the Upper Temple is a sight not uninteresting, and with the exception of some trifling improvements and anachronisms which have⟳ been introduced into the practice there, a man may sit⟳ down and fancy that he joins in a meal of the seventeenth century.”

“[W]e beg⟳ the reader to understand⟳ that we only commit anachronisms when we choose⟳ and when by a daring violation of those natural laws some great ethical truth is to be advanced […]”

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

“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.”

“There exist⟳ in Europe a number⟳ of independent or semi-independent countries which are complete⟳ anachronisms, they are mini-countries which have⟳ little business existing in this hurly-burly century, but somehow they survive⟳.”

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

“The old portions are perfectly preserved[…]and yet right there, in their literal backyard, rise⟳ the newer portions, the Star Wars district and the Avatar experience⟳, offering the best of current theme park⟳ technologies to match⟳ the lovingly maintained anachronisms.”

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