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ANACHRONISM

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Dictionary entry overview: What does anachronism mean?

• ANACHRONISM (noun)
The noun ANACHRONISM has 3 senses:

1. something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
2. an artifact that belongs to another time
3. a person who seems to be displaced in time; who belongs to another age

Familiarity information: ANACHRONISM used as a noun is uncommon.

Dictionary entry details

• ANACHRONISM (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

anachronism; misdating; mistiming

Hypernyms ("anachronism" is a kind of...):

timekeeping (the act or process of determining the time)

Sense 2

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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)

Sense 3

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Meaning:

A person who seems to be displaced in time; who belongs to another age

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("anachronism" is a kind of...):

anomaly; unusual person (a person who is unusual)

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