Pronunciation: ə - ' na-kr ə - ˌ ni-z ə m
Function: 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 other
2 : a person or a thing that is chronologically out of place especially : one from a former age that is incongruous in the present
3 : the state or condition of being chronologically out of place
– anach · ro · nis · tic \ ə - ˌ na-kr ə - ' nis-tik \ also ana · chron · ic \ ˌ a-n ə - ' krä-nik \ adjective
– anach · ro · nis · ti · cal · ly \ ə - ˌ na-kr ə - ' nis-ti-k( ə -)l ē \ adverb
– anach · ro · nous \ ə - ' na-kr ə -n ə s \ adjective
– anach · ro · nous · ly adverb