anachronism

a·nach·ro·nism  (-nkr-nzm)

n.

1. The representation of someone as existing or something as happening in other than chronological, proper, or historical order.

2. One that is out of its proper or chronological order, especially a person or practice that belongs to an earlier time: "A new age had plainly dawned, an age that made the institution of a segregated picnic seem an anachronism" (Henry Louis Gates, Jr.)

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[French anachronisme, from New Latin anachronismus, from Late Greek anakhronismos, from anakhronizesthai, to be an anachronism : Greek ana-, ana- + Greek khronizein, to take time (from khronos, time).]

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a·nachro·nistic, a·nachro·nous (-ns) adj.

a·nachro·nisti·cal·ly, a·nachro·nous·ly adv.

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anachronism [an-nak-kron-iz-zum]

Noun

1. the representation of something in a historical context in which it could not have occurred or existed

2. a person or thing that seems to belong to another time [Greek ana against + khronos time]

anachronistic adj

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anachronism

1. a person or a thing remaining or appearing after its own time period; archaism.
2. an error in chronology. Also called antichronism. — anachronistic, anachronistical, anachronous, adj.

See also: Time

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an error in chronology, as the placing of an event or figure in a period or scene in which it did not or could not belong. — anachronistic, adj.

See also: Literature

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	anachronism - something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred misdating, mistiming timekeeping - the act or process of determining the time
	2.	anachronism - an artifact that belongs to another time artefact, artifact - a man-made object taken as a whole
	3.	anachronism - a person who seems to be displaced in time; who belongs to another age unusual person, anomaly - a person who is unusual

Translations

anachronism [əˈnækrənɪzəm] n → anacronismo

anachronism [əˈnækrənɪzəm] n → anachronisme m

anachronism [əˈnækrənɪzəm] n → Anachronismus m

anachronism [əˈnækrənɪzəm] n → anacronismo