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Noun: anachronism  u'na-kru,ni-zum
  1. Something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
    - mistiming, misdating
     
  2. An artifact that belongs to another time
     
  3. A person who seems to be displaced in time; who belongs to another age

Derived forms: anachronisms

Type of: artefact [Brit], artifact [N. Amer], individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul, timekeeping

Encyclopedia: Anachronism

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