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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary anach·ro·nism \\ə-ˈna-krə-ˌni-zəm\\ noun ETYMOLOGY probably from Middle Greek anachronismos, from anachronizesthai to be an anachronism, from Late Greek anachronizein to be late, from Greek ana- + chronos time
DATE 1617
1. an error in chronology; especially : a chronological misplacing of persons, events, objects, or customs in regard to each other2. a person or a thing that is chronologically out of place; especially : one from a former age that is incongruous in the present3. the state or condition of being chronologically out of place• anach·ro·nis·tic \\ə-ˌna-krə-ˈnis-tik\\ also ana·chron·ic \\ˌa-nə-ˈkrä-nik\\ adjective• anach·ro·nis·ti·cal·ly \\ə-ˌna-krə-ˈnis-ti-k(ə-)lē\\ adverb• anach·ro·nous \\ə-ˈna-krə-nəs\\ adjective• anach·ro·nous·ly adverb
anachronism
1640s, "an error in computing time or finding dates," from L. anachronismus, from Gk. anachronismos, from anachronizein "refer to wrong time," from ana- "against" + khronos "time." Meaning "something out of harmony with the present" first recorded 1816. Related: Anachronistic (1775).
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 anachronism
an·achron·ism / E5nAkrEnizEm / noun1. a person, a custom or an idea that seems old-fashioned and does not belong to the present
过时的人(或风俗、思想):
The monarchy is seen by many people as an anachronism in the modern world.
很多人认为君主制在现代世界不合时宜。
2. something that is placed, for example in a book or play, in the wrong period of history
弄错年代；时代错误
• ana·chron·is·tic / E7nAkrE5nistik / adj.
Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged anach·ro·nism
\əˈnakrəˌnizəm\ noun
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Etymology: probably from Middle Greek anachronismos, from anachronizesthai to be an anachronism, from Late Greek anachronizein to be late, from Greek ana- + chronizein to spend time, continue, linger, from chronos time + -izein -ize
1. : an error in chronology; especially : a chronological misplacing of persons, events, objects, or customs in regard to each other
< two of the rulers mentioned … are otherwise unknown but there is no glaring anachronism in the names that can be tested — F.M.Stenton >
2. : a person or a thing that is chronologically out of place; especially : one that belongs to a former age and is incongruous if found in the present
< born a thousand years … too late and an anachronism in this culminating century of civilization — Jack London >
< felt … that an absolute monarchy was an anachronism for a civilized country — Kenneth Lawson >
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