anachronism

Noun

Meaning

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

misdating mistiming relic reaction reverse survival recession renewal impossibility recurrence regression reentry setback lapse relapse
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Antonyms

priory bank nexus cavalcade chantry result
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Hypernyms

individual person soul mortal somebody someone

Related terms

anachronistic anachronous anachronistically parachronistic prochronistic anachronously

Phrases with the word

anachronism that

Examples

One shouldn't write one's own epitaph. I hope people will remember me as one who did her best - and who wasn't an anachronism. Margrethe II of Denmark

When you stroll through Munich it can happen that you suddenly stand in front of an old house, an idyllically-dreaming church that smiles like a friendly anachronism into our modern time. Joseph Goebbels

When I look around today, the biggest anachronism I see is pregnancy. I just can't believe that people are still pregnant. Andy Warhol

This is an age of specialization, and in such an age the repertory theater is an anachronism, a ludicrous anachronism. Minnie Maddern Fiske

Mere by-blows are the world and we, And time within eternity A sheer anachronism. John Davidson

Whatever, in fact, is modern in our life we owe to the Greeks. Whatever is an anachronism is due to mediaevalism. Oscar Wilde

Close letter words and terms

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