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anachronism
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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.)

[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).]

a·nachro·nistic, a·nachro·nous (-ns) adj.
a·nachro·nisti·cal·ly, a·nachro·nous·ly adv.

anachronism [əˈnækrəˌnɪzəm]
n
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
[from Latin anachronismus, from Greek anakhronismos a mistake in chronology, from anakhronizein to err in a time reference, from ana- + khronos time]
anachronistic  adj
anachronistically  adv

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
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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.anachronism - something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurredanachronism - something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
timekeeping - the act or process of determining the time
2.anachronism - an artifact that belongs to another timeanachronism - 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 timeanachronism - 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] Nanacronismo m
anachronism [əˈnækrənɪzəm] nanachronisme m
a political anachronism → un anachronisme politique
anachronism
anachronism [əˈnækrənɪzm] nanacronismo


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Pride of place goes here to Dionysius the Areopagite, anachronously treated before Augustine, in recognition of his status as founding father of the tradition.
 
 
 
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