See Also: anachronism(medicine)
anachronism(dictionary)
anachronism(dictionary)

anachronism (oh)



[Date: 1600-1700; Origin: Probably from Medieval Greek anachronismos, from Greek ana- 'back' + chronos 'time']
someone or something that seems to belong to the past, not the present
::The monarchy is something of an anachronism these days.
something in a play, film etc that seems wrong because it did not exist in the period of history in which the play etc is set
::The film is full of anachronisms.
-- anachronistic /E7nAkrE5nIstIk/ adj
::His painting style was seen as outdated and anachronistic.