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anachronism
Universal Words
noun
1 a person, a custom or an idea that seems old-fashioned and does not belong to the present:
The monarchy is seen by many people as an anachronism in the modern world. * She said nuclear weapons were an anachronism in the post cold war era.
2 something that is placed, for example in a book or play, in the wrong period of history:
The book is full of anachronisms which suggests there were parts rewritten in later centuries.
anachronistic adjective:
The costumes were anachronistic for a Victorian play.
