Examples of 'anachronism' in a sentence
Meaning of "anachronism"
Anachronism refers to something that is outdated or belongs to an earlier time, often used to describe elements that are out of place in a particular period
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- A chronological mistake; the erroneous dating of an event, circumstance, or object. [from 17th c.]
- A chronological mistake; the erroneous dating of an event, circumstance, or object.
- A person or thing which seems to belong to a different time or period of time. [from 19th c.]
- The aberrant projection of the present onto the past.
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This anachronism should be limited and discouraged.
Seems to be the only anachronism in the movie.
Anachronism is not infrequent in later mythic traditions.
Justifying the use of anachronism in historical literature.
Anachronism is the worst sin for a historian.
This adds to the anachronism of national populism.
I admit the last one is a bit of an anachronism.
Colonialism was an anachronism in an era of democratization and internationalization.
That tape deck was a dangerous anachronism.
A new anachronism has been detected in the timeline.
It had by then become very much an anachronism.
An anachronism which would amount to literary carelessness.
They espoused views that citizenship is an anachronism.
The anachronism might well be regarded as incredible.
The painter makes deliberate use of anachronism.
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Violation of it is an anachronism which we can not but condemn.
Please please somebody rid me of this anachronism.
There is one anachronism in the script.
I also think our school system is an anachronism.
Anachronism can also be an aesthetic choice.
Readers might notice an anachronism in the story.
An anachronism may be either intentional or unintentional.
Disguising and explaining away the anachronism.
That the anachronism has reached a level nine.
Even the phone itself is starting to be an anachronism.
Quite the anachronism these days.
Anachronism is the decontextualization of something to be out of its time.
It was a surprising anachronism in this modern city.
An anachronism by the present conditions of service.
He highlighted the anachronism in this view.
And nowadays folklore is somehow an anachronism.
It was an anachronism from the very start.
Our family meals are just an anachronism.
An anachronism appears in this episode.
This is an historic opportunity to end an anachronism.
You are going from anachronism to insult.
The character is an older version who is now an anachronism.
The anachronism has elevated.
Secret trusts are something of a historical anachronism.
Each of these dots represents an anachronism we created by breaking time.
There are two main theories regarding this anachronism.
This anachronism is cementing fast.
The main enemy is the anachronism.
Anachronism is one of the central themes of the discipline of history.
Now you sound like an anachronism.
That would be an anachronism of sorts under our democratic regime.
Killing him would be repairing an anachronism.
We must avoid anachronism problems.
Now that we have fixed our last anachronism.
An anachronism is something that is out of place in terms of time or chronology.
