Anachronism

[ə'nækrə,nɪz(ə)m] or [ə'nækrənɪzəm]

Definition

(noun.) an artifact that belongs to another time.

(noun.) a person who seems to be displaced in time; who belongs to another age.

(noun.) something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred.

Checker: Peggy--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) 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.

Typist: Rosa

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Misdate.

Checked by Dale

Definition

n. an error in regard to time whereby a thing is assigned to an earlier or to a later age than it belongs to: anything out of keeping with the time.—v.t. Ana′chronise.—n. Ana′chronist.—adjs. Anachronist′ic Ana′chronous.—adv. Ana′chronously.

Edited by Elena