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Definition of Anachronism
1. Noun. Something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred.
Generic synonyms: Timekeeping
Derivative terms: Anachronic, Anachronistic, Misdate, Mistime
2. Noun. An artifact that belongs to another time.
3. Noun. A person who seems to be displaced in time; who belongs to another age.
Definition of Anachronism
1. 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.
Definition of Anachronism
1. Noun. A chronological mistake; the erroneous dating of an event, circumstance, or object. ¹
2. Noun. A person or thing which seems to belong to a different time or period of time. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Anachronism
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Medical Definition of Anachronism
1. 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. Anachronisme. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)