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Definition of Anachronisms
1. anachronism [n] - See also: anachronism
Lexicographical Neighbors of Anachronisms
Literary usage of Anachronisms
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mimic World and Public Exhibitions: Their History, Their Morals, and Effects by Olive Logan (1871)
"Absurd anachronisms by Ignorant or Careless Actors.— The Wardrobe Keeper.—Curious
Instances of Effect in Costume.—A Living Pack of Cards. ..."
2. England and the English in the Eighteenth Century: Chapters in the Social by William Connor Sydney (1891)
"... Entertainments in Soho Square—The Pantheon—The Opera—The Stage— Its glaring
anachronisms—The London fairs : Bartholomew, Southwark, and Mayfairs—Giants ..."
3. Hebrew and Christian Records: An Historical Enquiry Concerning the Age and by John Allen Giles (1877)
"Under this head will fall all those historical narratives, involving errors,
discrepancies, anachronisms, laws and customs, neglected or not observed, ..."
4. A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen by Robert Chambers (1835)
"... and is full of exaggerations and anachronisms ; the narrative Henry professes
to have derived from a complete history of Wallace (uow lost) written, ..."
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