Anachronism
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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]]. | + | An '''anachronism''', from the [[Greek language|Greek]] ανά (''ana'': up, against, back, re-) and χρόνος (''chronos'': time), is a [[chronology|chronological]] inconsistency in some arrangement, especially a juxtaposition of person(s), events, objects, or customs from different periods of time. Often the item misplaced in time is an object, but it may be a verbal expression, a technology, a philosophical idea, a musical style, a material, a custom, or anything else associated with a particular period in time so that it is incorrect to place it outside its proper temporal domain. |
| - | #:*'''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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| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | * [[Anatopism]] | ||
| + | * [[Ancient astronaut theory]] | ||
| + | * [[Antikythera mechanism]] | ||
| + | * [[Archaism]] | ||
| + | * ''[[Blackadder]]'' | ||
| + | * [[Book of Mormon anachronisms]] | ||
| + | * ''[[A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court]]'' | ||
| + | * [[History Bites]] | ||
| + | * [[Kitsch]] | ||
| + | * [[Nonlinear (arts)]] | ||
| + | * [[Parachronism]] | ||
| + | * [[Presentism (literary and historical analysis)]] | ||
| + | * [[Soap Opera Rapid Aging Syndrome]] | ||
| + | * [[Society for Creative Anachronism]] | ||
| + | * [[Steampunk]] | ||
| + | * [[Suspension of disbelief]] | ||
| + | * [[Invented traditions]] | ||
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An anachronism, from the Greek ανά (ana: up, against, back, re-) and χρόνος (chronos: time), is a chronological inconsistency in some arrangement, especially a juxtaposition of person(s), events, objects, or customs from different periods of time. Often the item misplaced in time is an object, but it may be a verbal expression, a technology, a philosophical idea, a musical style, a material, a custom, or anything else associated with a particular period in time so that it is incorrect to place it outside its proper temporal domain.
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See also
- Anatopism
- Ancient astronaut theory
- Antikythera mechanism
- Archaism
- Blackadder
- Book of Mormon anachronisms
- A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
- History Bites
- Kitsch
- Nonlinear (arts)
- Parachronism
- Presentism (literary and historical analysis)
- Soap Opera Rapid Aging Syndrome
- Society for Creative Anachronism
- Steampunk
- Suspension of disbelief
- Invented traditions
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