n. 1 a the attribution of a custom, event, etc., to a period to which it does not belong. b a thing attributed in this way. 2 a anything out of harmony with its period. b an old-fashioned or out-of-date person or thing. anachronistic adj. anachronistically adv.
[ F anachronisme or Gk anakhronismos (as ANA-, khronos time) ]