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ANACHRONISM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An artifact that belongs to another time
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("anachronism" is a kind of...):
artefact; artifact (a man-made object taken as a whole)
Derivation:
anachronic; anachronistic; anachronous (chronologically misplaced)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A person who seems to be displaced in time; who belongs to another age
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("anachronism" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Derivation:
anachronic; anachronistic; anachronous (chronologically misplaced)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
Synonyms:
anachronism; misdating; mistiming
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("anachronism" is a kind of...):
timekeeping (the act or process of determining the time)
Derivation:
anachronic; anachronistic (chronologically misplaced)
