Look up: anachronism

1. anachronism
   [n] - something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred 2. [n] - a person who seems to be displaced in time 3. [n] - an artifact that belongs to another time
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2. Anachronism
   An·ach'ro·nism noun [ Greek ..., from ... to refer to a wrong time, to confound times; ... + ... time: confer French anachronisme .] A misplacing or error in the order of time; an error in chronology by which events are misplaced in regard to each ...
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3. anachronism
   A misplacing or error in the order of time; an error in chronology by which events are misplaced in regard to each other, especially. One by which an event is placed too early; falsification of chronological relation. ... Origin: Gr, fr. To refer to a wrong time, to confound times; + time: cf. F. An...
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4. anachronism
   noun an artifact that belongs to another time
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5. anachronism
   mistiming noun something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
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6. anachronism
   noun a person who seems to be displaced in time; who belongs to another age
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7. Anachronism
   • (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.
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8. anachronism
   (from Greek ana, `back,` and chronos, `time`), neglect or falsification, intentional or not, of chronological relation. It is most frequently found ...
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9. anachronism
   anachronism 1. An error in computing time, or fixing dates; the erroneous reference of an event, circumstance, or custom to a wrong date. 2. Anything done or existing out of date; hence, anything that was proper to a former age, but is, or, if it existed, would be, out of harmony with the present. ...
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10. Anachronism
    An anachronism is an error of chronology by which things are represented as coexisting which did not coexist. The term is also applied also to anything foreign to or out of keeping with a specified time. Thus it is an anachronism when Shakespeare, in Troilus and Cressida, makes Hector quote Aristotle.
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11. anachronism
    someone or something belonging to another time period than the one in which it is described as being.
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12. anachronism
    Reference of an event, custom, or expression to a wrong date, common in literature, painting and other forms of art. Anachronism is often deliberately adopted as a device in order to emphasize the strengths and weaknesses of either the misplaced object or of the period it has been placed into. Somet...
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13. Anachronism
    An `anachronism`—from the Greek ανά (ana: up, against, back, re-) and χρόνος (chronos: time)—is an inconsistency in some chronological arrangement, especially a chronological misplacing of persons, events, objects, or customs in regard to each...
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14. Anachronism
    (game) `Anachronism` is a tabletop game with aspects of both miniatures and collectible card genres. The basis of the game is war between various historical characters. The creators of the game, TriKing Games and The History Channel, have dubbed it "The Greatest Game in History&qu...
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