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anachronism

Syllabification: (a·nach·ro·nism)
Pronunciation: /əˈnakrəˌnizəm/

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Definition of anachronism

noun

  • a thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exists, especially a thing that is conspicuously old-fashioned:everything was as it would have appeared in centuries past apart from one anachronism, a bright yellow construction crane
  • an act of attributing a custom, event, or object to a period to which it does not belong.

Derivatives

anachronistic

Pronunciation: /əˌnakrəˈnistik/

adjective

anachronistically

Pronunciation: /-ˈnistik(ə)lē/

adverb

Origin:

mid 17th century: from Greek anakhronismos, from ana- 'backward' + khronos 'time'

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