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anachronism

Произношение:
anach.ro.nism
Часть речи:
n
Происхождение:
[prob. fr. MGk anachronismos, fr. anachronizesthai to be an anachronism, fr. LGk anachronizein to be late, fr. Gk ana- + chronos time]
Появление:
(ca. 1646)
Определение:
1: an error in chronology; esp: 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; esp: one from a former age that is incongruous in the present -- anach.ro.nis.tic also ana.chron.ic adj -- anach.ro.nis.ti.cal.ly adv -- anach.ro.nous adj -- anach.ro.nous.ly adv

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