anachronism

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: a=nach=ro=nism

CIDE DICTIONARY

anachronism, n. [Gr. , fr. to refer to a wrong time, to confound times; + time: cf. F. anachronisme.].

 A misplacing or error in the order of time; an error in chronology by which events are misplaced in regard to each other, esp. one by which an event is placed too early; falsification of chronological relation.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

anachronism, 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 b an old-fashioned or out-of-date person or thing.

Derivative

anachronistic adj. anachronistically adv.

Etymology

F anachronisme or Gk anakhronismos (as ANA-, khronos time)

THESAURUS

anachronism

antedate, antedating, anticipation, defect, faux pas, flaw, gaffe, metachronism, misapplication, misdate, misdating, mistake, mistiming, parachronism, postdate, postdating, prochronism, prolepsis, slip, solecism

ROGET THESAURUS

anachronism

Anachronism

N anachronism, metachronism, parachronism, prochronism, prolepsis, misdate, anticipation, antichronism, disregard of time, neglect of time, oblivion of time, intempestivity, misdated, undated, overdue, past due, out of date.

Untimeliness

N untimeliness, intempestivity, unseasonableness, inexpedience, unsuitable time, improper time, unreasonableness, evil hour, contretemps, intrusion, anachronism, bad time, wrong time, inappropriate time, not the right occasion, unsuitable time, inopportune time, poor timing, ill-timed, mistimed, ill-fated, ill-omened, ill-starred, untimely, unseasonable, out of date, out of season, inopportune, timeless, intrusive, untoward, mal a propos, unlucky, inauspicious, infelicitous, unbefitting, unpropitious, unfortunate, unfavorable, unsuited, inexpedient, unpunctual, too late for, premature, too soon for, wise after the event, monday morning quarterbacking, twenty-twenty hindsight, inopportunely, as ill luck would have it, in an evil hour, the time having gone by, a day after the fair, after death the doctor, after meat mustard.