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Webster 1913 Edition

Anachronism

An-ach′ro-nism

,
Noun.
[Gr.
ἀναχρονισμός
, fr.
ἀναχρονίζειν
to refer to a wrong time, to confound times;
ἀνά
+
χρόνοσ
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.

Webster 1828 Edition

Anachronism

ANACH'RONISM

,
Noun.
[Gr. time.]
An error in computing time; any error in chronology, by which events are misplaced.

Definition 2024

anachronism

anachronism

English

Noun

anachronism ‎(plural anachronisms)

  1. A chronological mistake; the erroneous dating of an event, circumstance, or object.
  2. A person or thing which seems to belong to a different time or period of time.
    • 1956, Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars, page 32:
      His movements, his clothes, everything about him, seemed slightly out of place in this assembly. He spoiled the pattern; like Alvin, he was an anachronism.

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From New Latin anachronismus, from Ancient Greek ἀναχρονισμός ‎(anakhronismós), from ἀναχρονίζομαι ‎(anakhronízomai, “referring to the wrong time”), from ἀνά ‎(aná, “up against”) + χρονίζω ‎(khronízō, “spending time”), which from χρόνος ‎(khrónos, “time”).

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