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Anachronism Common

Origin: Greek suffix -ism

Anachronism has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred

2

an artifact that belongs to another time

3

a person who seems to be displaced in time; who belongs to another age

4

A chronological mistake; the erroneous dating of an event, circumstance, or object.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
timekeeping artifact person
Rhyming Words
ism oism jism wuism agism meism prism yoism quism reism weism tuism ovism idism grism deism seism icism zoism owlism
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