Anachronism
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+ | # A person or thing which seems to belong to a different [[time]]. | ||
+ | #:*'''1956''': 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'''. — [[w:Arthur C. Clarke|Arthur C. Clarke]], ''The City and the Stars'', p 32 | ||
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- A chronological mistake; the erroneous dating of an event, circumstance etc.
- A person or thing which seems to belong to a different time.
- 1956: 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. — Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars, p 32
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