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anachronism - Dictionary definition and meaning for anachronism

ANACHRONISM

(noun) an artifact that belongs to another time
The typewriter is an anachronism today! -added by naila_inlas
(noun) a person who seems to be displaced in time; who belongs to another age
Jim is an anachronism; he talks in an archaic tongue and dresses himself in clothes belonging to centuries ago. -added by naila_inlas
(noun) something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
synonyms : misdating , mistiming
Shakespeare’s plays abound with anachronisms of time and place. -added by naila_inlas

Selected Mnemonic for anachronism

(Tag: Global) ana (out of order, negative sense) + chron (time).. so something not placed correctly with respect to time.
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Mnemonics for anachronism

(Tag: ) you know about chronometer- means clock. Anything with "chron" is related to time. Anachronisim-an+chron+ism> here an is used in negative sense> so anachronism means something or someone that is not in its correct time
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(Tag: ) Anachronism = Ana + chron (chronology) + ism = A person or thing who is out of chornological order .i.e. Person belongs to earlier time.
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(Tag: Kate and Leopold) If u remember the movie, Leopold was an anachronism!
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