Anachronism

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  • noun. The representation of someone as existing or something as happening in other than chronological, proper, or historical order.
  • noun. One that is out of its proper or chronological order, especially a person or practice that belongs to an earlier time.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. An error in respect to dates; any error which implies the misplacing of persons or events in time; hence, anything foreign to or out of keeping with a specified time.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. 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.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A chronological mistake; the erroneous dating of an event, circumstance, or object.
  • noun. A person or thing which seems to belong to a different time or period of time.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. an artifact that belongs to another time
  • noun. something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
  • noun. a person who seems to be displaced in time; who belongs to another age
    • Word Usage
    "The usual AnSaxNet response to anachronism is to scoff at it, not to compete as to who is the most offended."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    anomaly  artefact  artifact  timekeeping  unusual person  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    absurdities  anomaly  blunder  discrepancy  exaggeration  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    antedate  antedating  anticipation  defect  faux pas  
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