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      anachronism
      noun
      a person who seems to be displaced in time
      an artifact that belongs to another time
      something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
      Roots
      anaana- · Greek · back, againstkhronos-chron · Greek · time
      Synonyms for anachronism
      misdatingnmistimingnparachronismnprochronismnmetachronismn
      Words related to anachronism
      anachronisticadjanachronousadjanachronisticallyadvanachronicadjanachronicallyadvoutmodedadjarchaismnarchaicismnantiquatedadjarchaicadjpseudoarchaicadjoutdatedadjobsoleteadjoutdatednessngadzookeryadjantiquarianismnobsoletismndatednessnobsoletionnarchaicallyadvobsolescentadjfogyishadjobsolescentlyadvoxymoronnarchaistnhistorismnobsoletenessnoldfangledsuperannuatedadjunfashionableadj

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      Where does anachronism come from?

      The word anachronism breaks down into 2 roots of Greek origin: ana-, from Greek ana (“back, against”); and -chron, from Greek khronos (“time”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.

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