slovo | definícia |
anachronism (encz) | anachronism,anachronismus |
anachronism (encz) | anachronism,přežitek n: |
Anachronism (gcide) | Anachronism \An*ach"ro*nism\, n. [Gr. 'anachronismo`s, fr.
'anachroni`zein to refer to a wrong time, to confound times;
'ana` + chro`nos 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.
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anachronism (wn) | anachronism
n 1: something located at a time when it could not have existed
or occurred [syn: anachronism, mistiming, misdating]
2: an artifact that belongs to another time
3: a person who seems to be displaced in time; who belongs to
another age |
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anachronisms (encz) | anachronisms,přežitky n: pl. |
anachronismus (czen) | anachronismus,anachronism |
Anachronism (gcide) | Anachronism \An*ach"ro*nism\, n. [Gr. 'anachronismo`s, fr.
'anachroni`zein to refer to a wrong time, to confound times;
'ana` + chro`nos 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.
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