anachronism-anacronisme: meaning, definitions and translations

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What is anachronism? anachronism is anacronisme

What is anacronisme?

  • The representation of someone as existing or something as happening in other than chronological, proper, or historical order.

    La representació d'algú com a existent o alguna cosa que passa en un altre ordre cronològic, propi o històric.

  • One that is out of its proper or chronological order, especially a person or practice that belongs to an earlier time: "A new age had plainly dawned, an age that made the institution of a segregated picnic seem an anachronism” ( Henry Louis Gates, Jr.)

    Aquella que està fora del seu ordre propi o cronològic, especialment una persona o pràctica que pertany a un temps anterior:

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