Definitions
an artifact that belongs to another time
Word origin
From New Latin anachronismus, from Ancient Greek ἀναχρονισμός (anakhronismós), from ἀναχρονίζομαι (anakhronízomai, “referring to the wrong time”), from ἀνά (aná, “up against”) + χρονίζω (khronízō, “spending time”), from χρόνος (khrónos, “time”). Analyzable as ana- + chrono- + -ism.
Used in a sentence
“[W]e beg the reader to understand that we only commit anachronisms when we choose and when by a daring violation of those natural laws some great ethical truth is to be advanced […]”
“You are too young—it is an anachronism for you to have such thoughts”
“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.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Out-of-time detail”11 letters
02“Out-of-era detail”11 letters
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