ANACHRONISM


Meaning of ANACHRONISM in English

(~s)

1.

You say that something is an ~ when you think that it is out of date or old-fashioned.

The President tended to regard the Church as an ~.

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2.

An ~ is something in a book, play, or film that is wrong because it did not exist at the time the book, play, or film is set.

The last paragraph contains an ~. The Holy Office no longer existed at that time.

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