Words Like ANACHRONISM

We have put together a list of words that are similar to ANACHRONISM.

5 Alternative Words Similar to anachronism

1 Mistiming Noun      Synonym Words Like Mistiming
2 Misdating Noun      Synonym Words Like Misdating
3 Artefact Noun      Synonym Words Like Artefact
4 Artifact Noun      Synonym Words Like Artifact
5 Timekeeping Noun      Synonym Words Like Timekeeping

9 definitions of anachronism

1 A misplacing or error in the order of time; an error in chronology by which events are misplaced in regard to each other, esp. one by which an event is placed too early; falsification of chronological relation.
2 an artifact that belongs to another time
3 something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
4 a person who seems to be displaced in time; who belongs to another age
5 The representation of someone as existing or something as happening in other than chronological, proper, or historical order.
6 One that is out of its proper or chronological order, especially a person or practice that belongs to an earlier time: "A new age had plainly dawned, an age that made the institution of a segregated picnic seem an anachronism” ( Henry Louis Gates, Jr.)
7 An error in respect to dates; any error which implies the misplacing of persons or events in time; hence, anything foreign to or out of keeping with a specified time.
8 A chronological mistake; the erroneous dating of an event, circumstance, or object.
9 A person or thing which seems to belong to a different time or period of time.
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