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Etymology
From L. anachronismus < AGr. polytonic|�να��ονι�μ�� < polytonic|�να��ονίζ� (referring to the wrong time) < polytonic|�νά (up against) + polytonic|��ονίζ� (spending time) < polytonic|���νο� (time).

Pronunciation
IPA|/��nækɹ��nɪzm̩/

Noun
en-noun

1. A chronological mistake; the erroneous dating of an event, circumstance etc.
2. A person or thing which seems to belong to a different time.

#:*1956: His movements, his clothes, everything about him, seemed slightly out of place in this assembly. He spoiled the pattern; like Alvin, he was an anachronism. � w:Arthur C. Clarke|Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars, p 32

Related terms
anachronistic
anachronistically
anachronous
anachronously
parachronistic
prochronistic

Translations
trans-top|chronological mistake
Croatian: t-|hr|anakronizam|m
Finnish: ajoitusvirhe
German: t+|de|Anachronismus|m
Portuguese: anacronismo m
Russian: ана��онизм (anaxronízm) m
Turkish: t|tr|anakronizm, ça�a�ım, zamandı�ılık
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trans-top|person or thing which seems to belong to a different time
Croatian: t-|hr|anakronizam|m
Finnish: t-|fi|anakronismi
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ttbc|Kurdish: t|ku|anakronîzm f, t|ku|derdemî f
ttbc|Romanian: t|ro|anacronism n
ttbc|Spanish: t|es|anacronismo m

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• 2007-11-13 07:00 - Tbot - updated t/t-/t+ templates, added t for de, fi

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