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a·nach·ro·nism
 anachronism
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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
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noun |
| definition 1: |
the representation of something as existing or happening at a time when that thing did not exist or happen, or a similar presentation done in error.
A clock in a play about ancient Rome is an anachronism. |
| definition 2: |
something that is or appears to be out of its appropriate time period.
People in industrial countries tend to think of travel by horse as an anachronism. |
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| derivations: |
anachronistic (adj.), anachronistically (adv.) |
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