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anachronism

[ uh-nak-ruh-niz-uhm ]

noun

  1. 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.

  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.



anachronism

/ 蓹藞苍忙办谤蓹藢苍瑟锄蓹尘 /

noun

  1. the representation of an event, person, or thing in a historical context in which it could not have occurred or existed
  2. a person or thing that belongs or seems to belong to another time

    she regards the Church as an anachronism

鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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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
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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
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of anachronism1

1640鈥50; < Latin anachronismus < Greek 补苍补肠丑谤辞苍颈蝉尘贸蝉 a wrong time reference, equivalent to anachron ( 铆锄别颈苍 ) to make a wrong time reference ( ana-, chron-, -ize ) + -ismos -ism
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of anachronism1

C17: from Latin anachronismus, from Greek anakhronismos a mistake in chronology, from anakhronizein to err in a time reference, from ana- + khronos time
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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.

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Andy Cooke, chief inspector of constabulary, said the current police funding formula was "an anachronism".

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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.

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Political conventions are lumbering anachronisms, but they survive because they serve two purposes.

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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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