HOW TO PRONOUNCE
anachronism
/əˈnæ.kɹə.nɪ.z(ə)m/
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Stress the syllable beginning with n.
Stress NAK. Use k for ch and z before the final m; a light vowel before m is optional.
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“An anachronism in the story.”
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noun
- 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.
- The aberrant projection of the present onto the past.
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/əˈnæ.kɹə.nɪ.z(ə)m/
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The charge of premature generalization which is often urged against ancient philosophers is really an anachronism.
In ordinary times, in order to dissolve an anachronism and to cause it to vanish, one has only to make it spell out the date.
More book examples (3)
“You are too young—it is an anachronism for you to have such thoughts,” said Will, energetically, with a quick shake of the head habitual to him.
It was a barbarous anachronism, a survival which disgraced civilization.
There is a possibility that this is merely a duplication of the account of the preceding case with a slight anachronism as to the time of death.