Explore Anachronism through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like timekeeping or artifact. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Anachronism meaning
- A chronological mistake; the erroneous dating of an event, circumstance, or object.
- A person or thing which seems to belong to a different time or period of time.
- The aberrant projection of the present onto the past.
Synonyms of Anachronism
Using Anachronism
- The main meaning on this page is: A chronological mistake; the erroneous dating of an event, circumstance, or object. | A person or thing which seems to belong to a different time or period of time. | The aberrant projection of the present onto the past.
- Useful related words include: mistiming, misdating, timekeeping, artifact.
- In the example corpus, anachronism often appears in combinations such as: an anachronism, creative anachronism, anachronism and.
Context around Anachronism
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 11 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Anachronism
- In this selection, "anachronism" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, creative, magnificent, undemocratic, elsewhere, seizes and exploring stand out and add context to how "anachronism" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a charming anachronism than a and a magnificent anachronism their dress. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "anachronism" sits close to words such as abbeys, abdur and absconded, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with anachronism
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Is this an anachronism? (4 words)
The piece thrives on irreverence, anachronism and hectic energy. (9 words)
It was a mistake then—now it’s an anachronism. (10 words)
After decades of electoral losses and corruption scandals, the organization has roared back to life in the New York City suburbs, reviving a political tradition that has largely become an anachronism elsewhere in the country. (35 words)
The conference call policy -- an anachronism from the era of Lee Raymond and Rex Tillerson -- put Exxon at odds with peers that regularly make chief executives and other senior managers available on the calls. (34 words)
Cultural impact In May 1999, The Onion ran a front-page article headlined "Society For Creative Anachronism Seizes Control Of Russia" featuring photos of actual SCA participants from the Barony of Jaravellir ( Madison, Wisconsin ). (34 words)
Is this an anachronism? (4 words)
Example sentences (20)
It was a mistake then—now it’s an anachronism.
After decades of electoral losses and corruption scandals, the organization has roared back to life in the New York City suburbs, reviving a political tradition that has largely become an anachronism elsewhere in the country.
Is this an anachronism?
Precisely based on this reasoning, Obama himself recognized the anachronism of some unilateral measures against states like Cuba.
The vehicle quota system is an anachronism that has no place in our modern society.
If nothing else, it’s proof that anachronism is a useful tool, particularly where history has been a stubborn beast.
In 1860 bannermen were a magnificent anachronism, their dress and weaponry scarcely changed for over two hundred years.
The Lords is an undemocratic anachronism, which spent much of the last Parliament trying to frustrate Brexit.
Towards the end of his autobiographical 2014 Servant of the Crown, Faulkner reflected on whether his liberal principles were now an anachronism.
While many may think the Zionist Congress has become an anachronism, the opposite is true.
Yet he also realizes some scenes through abstraction and anachronism, so that he doesn’t fall too squarely on Aron’s side.
The piece thrives on irreverence, anachronism and hectic energy.
The Society for Creative Anachronism is a worldwide organization that aims to study the culture of the Middle Ages.
But Kim grinning in high-definition, his back-brush now more a charming anachronism than a symbol of a state trapped in time, presents a narrative hiccup.
Seeing them arrayed in their broad-brimmed hats and red-and-white sashes, it would be easy to dismiss the Daughters as a quaint anachronism.
The conference call policy -- an anachronism from the era of Lee Raymond and Rex Tillerson -- put Exxon at odds with peers that regularly make chief executives and other senior managers available on the calls.
Cultural impact In May 1999, The Onion ran a front-page article headlined "Society For Creative Anachronism Seizes Control Of Russia" featuring photos of actual SCA participants from the Barony of Jaravellir ( Madison, Wisconsin ).
For the earlier bretwaldas, such as Ælle and Ceawlin, there must be some element of anachronism in Bede's description.
He conceived France as divided between various nations—the unified nation-state is, of course, here an anachronism —which themselves formed different "races".
He portrays Bilbo as a modern anachronism exploring an essentially antique world.
Common combinations with anachronism
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- an anachronism 18×
- creative anachronism 5×
- anachronism and 3×
- anachronism that 2×
- anachronism is 2×
- anachronism which 2×
- anachronism from 2×
- of anachronism 2×
- anachronism in 2×
- anachronism since 2×