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Word: Anachronism
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 17th century: from Greek anakhronismos, from ana- ‘backwards’ + khronos ‘time’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
əˈnakrənɪz(ə)m
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exists, especially a thing that is conspicuously old-fashioned
Short Definition:thing belonging or appropriate to period other than that in which it exists
Examples:- the town is a throwback to medieval times, an anachronism that has survived the passing years
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