əˈnakrəˌnizəm noun
( -s )
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