3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Anachronism \An*ach"ro*nism\, n. [Gr. 'anachronismo`s, fr. 'anachroni`zein to refer to a wrong time, to confound times; 'ana` + chro`nos time: cf. F. anachronisme.] A misplacing or error in the order of time; an error in chronology by which events are misplaced in regard to each other, esp. one by which an event is placed too early; falsification of chronological relation. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: anachronism n 1: something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred [syn: {mistiming}, {misdating}] 2: an artifact that belongs to another time 3: a person who seems to be displaced in time; who belongs to another age From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 20 Moby Thesaurus words for "anachronism": antedate, antedating, anticipation, defect, faux pas, flaw, gaffe, metachronism, misapplication, misdate, misdating, mistake, mistiming, parachronism, postdate, postdating, prochronism, prolepsis, slip, solecism
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