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anachronism
[ uh-nak-ruh-niz-uhm ]
noun
- something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time, especially 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.
anachronism
/ 蓹藞苍忙办谤蓹藢苍瑟锄蓹尘 /
noun
- 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
she regards the Church as an anachronism
Derived Forms
- 补藢苍补肠丑谤辞藞苍颈蝉迟颈肠补濒濒测, adverb
- 补藢苍补肠丑谤辞藞苍颈蝉迟颈肠, adjective
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 补苍路补路肠丑谤辞苍路颈路肠补濒路濒测 [an-, uh, -, kron, -ik-lee], adverb
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of anachronism1
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of anachronism1
Example Sentences
I鈥檝e long argued for getting rid of the debt limit, a World War I-era anachronism, but not for the same reasons as Trump.
Andy Cooke, chief inspector of constabulary, said the current police funding formula was "an anachronism".
If journalism's 鈥渂ias鈥 is to report what is factual, that kind of 鈥渘eutrality鈥 in the age of Trump is rapidly becoming an anachronism of false equivalence.
Political conventions are lumbering anachronisms, but they survive because they serve two purposes.
However, Cracker Barrel is a brand for which its anachronism has long been a selling point, as well as a brand whose customer base reacts strongly to any whiff of change.
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