— anachronically /an'euh kron"ik lee/ , adv.
/euh nak"reuh niz'euhm/ , n.
1. something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time, esp. a thing or person that belongs to an earlier time: The sword is an anachronism in modern warfare.
2. an error in chronology in which a person, object, event, etc., is assigned a date or period other than the correct one: To assign Michelangelo to the 14th century is an anachronism. Cf. parachronism, prochronism .
[ 1640-50; anachronismus anachronismós a wrong time reference, equiv. to anachron ( ízein ) to make a wrong time reference (see ANA-, CHRON-, -IZE) + -ismos -ISM ]