Anachronism
11anachronism — UK [əˈnækrəˌnɪz(ə)m] / US [əˈnækrəˌnɪzəm] noun [countable] Word forms anachronism : singular anachronism plural anachronisms something that is no longer suitable for or relevant to modern times She regards the marriage ceremony as a quaint… …
12anachronism — noun Etymology: probably from Middle Greek anachronismos, from anachronizesthai to be an anachronism, from Late Greek anachronizein to be late, from Greek ana + chronos time Date: 1617 1. an error in chronology; especially a chronological… …
13anachronism — noun /əˈnækɹəˌnɪzm̩/ a) A chronological mistake; the erroneous dating of an event, circumstance, or object. His movements, his clothes, everything about him, seemed slightly out of place in this assembly. He spoiled the pattern; like Alvin, he… …
14anachronism — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. misdate, prolepsis, anticipation; metachronism, parachronism, prochronism. See time, error. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. misdate, misdating, antedate, postdate, prochronism, chronological error,… …
15anachronism — a|nach|ro|nis|m [əˈnækrənızəm] n [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: Probably from Medieval Greek anachronismos, from Greek ana back + chronos time ] 1.) someone or something that seems to belong to the past, not the present ▪ The monarchy is something of… …
16anachronism — a|nach|ro|nism [ ə nækrə,nızəm ] noun count something that is no longer suitable for or relevant to modern times: She regards the marriage ceremony as a quaint anachronism. ╾ a|nach|ro|nis|tic [ ə,nækrə nıstık ] adjective …
17anachronism — noun (C) 1 someone or something that seems to belong to the past, not the present: The monarchy is something of an anachronism these days. 2 something in a play, film etc that seems wrong because it is being shown in the wrong period of time… …
18Anachronism (game) — Infobox Game subject name=Anachronism image link= image caption= Anachronism is a card strategy game depicting battles between various historical warriors. designer= Michael A. Brown publisher= TriKing Games players= 2 4* ages=12 and up setup… …
19anachronism — Synonyms and related words: antedate, antedating, anticipation, defect, faux pas, flaw, gaffe, metachronism, misapplication, misdate, misdating, mistake, mistiming, parachronism, postdate, postdating, prochronism, prolepsis, slip, solecism …
20anachronism — [17] The Greek prefix anameant ‘up’, and hence, in terms of time, ‘back’; Greek khrónos meant ‘time’ (as in English chronicle): hence Greek anakhronismós ‘reference to a wrong time’. From the point of view of its derivation it should strictly be… …
