Advanced English Word of the Day
anachronismDefinitions
| English > English | |
| anachronism | |
| 1. n. A chronological mistake; the erroneous dating of an event, circumstance, or object. |  |
| 2. n. A person or thing which seems to belong to a different time or period of time. | |
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| Most British people are not interested in the church and consider it an anachronism. This has now been evident for so long that the assertion has itself become an anachronism. Our reference to industrial tribunals is an anachronism. |
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