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anachronism 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Noun
/əˈnakrəˌnizəm/,
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anachronisms, plural;
  1. A thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exists, esp. a thing that is conspicuously old-fashioned
    • - everything was as it would have appeared in centuries past apart from one anachronism, a bright yellow construction crane
  2. An act of attributing a custom, event, or object to a period to which it does not belong

  1. something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
  2. an artifact that belongs to another time
  3. (anachronistically) in an anachronistic manner; "let's look at this phenomenon anachronistically"
  4. An anachronism—from the Greek ανά (ana: up, against, back, re) and χρόνος (chronos: time)—is an accidental or deliberate inconsistency in some chronological arrangement, especially a chronological misplacing of persons, events, objects, or customs in regard to each other. ...
  5. Anachronism is a tabletop game with aspects of both miniatures and collectible card genres. The basis of the game is war between various historical characters. The creators of the game, TriKing Games and The History Channel, have dubbed it "The Greatest Game in History". ...
  6. (The Anachronisms) The Anachronisms are a Canadian outsider music group, formed in Toronto, Ontario in 1981. Their music is in part an examination of the nature of music and in part a reaction to what the group's members see as an excessive emphasis on musicianship in contemporary popular music. ...
  7. A chronological mistake; the erroneous dating of an event, circumstance, or object; A person or thing which seems to belong to a different time or period of time
  8. (anachronistic) Erroneous in date; containing an anachronism; in a wrong time; having an opinion of the past; preferring things or values of the past; behind the times; over-conservative
  9. (Anachronisms) E.g: a cell-phone is used in a movie that takes place in the middle-ages.
  10. (anachronistic) (adj) out-of-date, not attributed to the correct historical period
  11. Someone or something that is out of place with respect to time period; in biblical studies an anachronism is usually something from a later period “mistakenly” appearing in a text purportedly from an earlier period. For example, in Acts 5:36–37, Gamaliel speaks of the uprising led by Theudas. ...
  12. Something which is too early or too late for the given time, ie  Placing an event, person, item, or verbal expression in the wrong historical period. ...
  13. something set in the wrong time (e.g., a radio in a play set in ancient Greece) 2. the thing thus misplaced
  14. [Greek ana- + chronos, “time”] A name whose use is chronologically incongruous. The appeal of Orville Redenbacher’s gourmet popping corn, for example, is inextricably tied to its old-fashioned moniker. Roman Meal bread is another clear case of this technique.
  15. A person, scene, event, or other element in literature that fails to correspond with the time or era in which the work is set.
  16. This is something that is out of place in respect to the historical setting. This happens when something is referred to in a translation that did not exist at the time of the original setting. An example is the use of the word Bible, instead of Scriptures, in the New Testament.
  17. The utilization of an event, a person, an object, language in a time when that event, person, or object was not in existence.
  18. someone or something belonging to another time period than the one in which it is described as being.
  19. presupposing something for one period of time that was present only during a different period of time. ...
  20. (noun) sg that is old-fashioned and so inappropriate: Hereditary peers are an anachronism to some.
  21. Juxtaposition of items or situations that belong to different and separate time periods, such as Stegosaurus (of the Jurassic Period) with Tyrannosaurus (of the Cretaceous Period).
  22. An anachronism involves the use of a word or object outside of the temporal context appropriate for that word or object.   A classic example (though some claim it to be apocryphal) can be found in the film Ben-Hur (1959). ...
  23. Something out of its place in time.
  24. something that is out of place in time, like the sound of a clock chiming in Julius Caesar
  25. something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time.