Definizione monolingua

anachronism

anachronism (plural anachronisms)

1. A chronological mistake; the erroneous dating of an event, circumstance, or object.
2. A person or thing which seems to belong to a different time or period of time.
   • 1956, Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars, page 32:

     His movements, his clothes, everything about him, seemed slightly out of place in this assembly. He spoiled the pattern; like Alvin, he was an anachronism.

Definizione dizionario anachronism

anacronismo

Altri significati:

A person or thing which seems to belong to a different time or period of time.

person or thing which seems to belong to a different time

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

chronological mistake