Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - anachronism
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(anachronisms) 1. You say that something is an anachronism when you think that it is out of date or old-fashioned. The President tended to regard the Church as an anachronism. N-COUNT 2. An anachronism is something in a book, play, or film that is wrong because it did not exist at the time the book, play, or film is set. The last paragraph contains an anachronism. The Holy Office no longer existed at that time. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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noun Etymology: probably from Middle Greek ~os, from anachronizesthai to be an ~, from Late Greek anachronizein to be late, from Greek ana- + chronos time Date: 1617 1. an error in chronology; especially a chronological misplacing of persons, events, objects, or customs in regard to each other 2. a person or a thing that is chronologically out of place; especially one from a former age that is incongruous in the present 3. the state or condition of being chronologically out of place • anachronistic also anachronic adjective • anachronistically adverb • anachronous adjective • anachronously adverb ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. 1 a the attribution of a custom, event, etc., to a period to which it does not belong. b a thing attributed in this way. 2 a anything out of harmony with its period. b an old-fashioned or out-of-date person or thing. Derivatives anachronistic adj. anachronistically adv. Etymology: F anachronisme or Gk anakhronismos (as ANA-, khronos time) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. неодобр. нечто отжившее, устарелое; пережиток monarchy is an anachronism —- монархия досталась нам в наследство от прошлого 2. анахронизм, хронологическая ошибка flagrant anachronism —- вопиющий анахронизм to assign Michelangelo to the 14th century is an anachronism —- атрибуция Микеланджело к четырнадцатому веку является хронологической ошибкой it was an anachronism to say "Jullius Caesar looked at his watch" —- сказать "Юлий Цезарь посмотрел на ручные часы" значит допустить анахроническую ошибку ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- early 17c., "an error in computing time or finding dates," from L. anachronismus, from Gk. anachronismos, from anachronizein "refer to wrong time," from ana- "against" + chronizein "spend time," from chronos "time." Meaning "something out of harmony with the present" first recorded 1816. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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