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- [uh-nak-ruh-niz-uh m]
- /əˈnæk rəˌnɪz əm/
- /əˈnæk.rə.nɪ.zəm/
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- [uh-nak-ruh-niz-uh m]
- /əˈnæk rəˌnɪz əm/
Definitions of anachronism word
- countable noun anachronism You say that something is an anachronism when you think that it is out of date or old-fashioned. 3
- countable noun anachronism An anachronism is something in a book, play, or film that is wrong because it did not exist at the time the book, play, or film is set. 3
- noun anachronism the representation of an event, person, or thing in a historical context in which it could not have occurred or existed 3
- noun anachronism a person or thing that belongs or seems to belong to another time 3
- noun anachronism the representation of something as existing or occurring at other than its proper time, esp. earlier 3
- noun anachronism anything that is or seems to be out of its proper time in history 3
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Origin of anachronism
First appearance:
before 1640 One of the 44% oldest English words
1640-50; < Latin anachronismus < Greek anachronismós a wrong time reference, equivalent to anachron(ízein) to make a wrong time reference (see ana-, chron-, -ize) + -ismos -ism
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Parts of speech for Anachronism
noun
adjective
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
anachronism popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 74% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
anachronism usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for anachronism
noun anachronism
- misplacement — to put in a wrong place.
- solecism — a nonstandard or ungrammatical usage, as unflammable and they was.
- prolepsis — Rhetoric. the anticipation of possible objections in order to answer them in advance.
- misdate — to assign or affix a wrong date to.
- postdate — to date (a check, invoice, letter, document) with a date later than the actual date.
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