anachronism
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[edit] Etymology
From Latin anachronismus < Ancient Greek ἀναχρονισμός < ἀναχρονίζω (referring to the wrong time) < ἀνά (up against) + χρονίζω (spending time) < χρόνος (time).
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- IPA: /əˈnækɹəˌnɪzm̩/
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anachronism (plural anachronisms)
- A chronological mistake; the erroneous dating of an event, circumstance, or object.
- A person or thing which seems to belong to a different time or period of time.
- 1956: 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. — Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars, p 32
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chronological mistake
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person or thing which seems to belong to a different time
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