"anachronism" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /əˈnæ.kɹə.nɪ.z(ə)m/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: En-us-ncalif-anachronism.ogg [Northern-California, US], en-au-anachronism.ogg [Australia] Forms: anachronisms [plural]
enPR: ənăkʹrənĭzm Etymology: From New Latin anachronismus, from Ancient Greek ἀναχρονισμός (anakhronismós), from ἀναχρονίζομαι (anakhronízomai, “referring to the wrong time”), from ἀνά (aná, “up against”) + χρονίζω (khronízō, “spending time”), from χρόνος (khrónos, “time”). Analyzable as ana- + chrono- + -ism. Etymology templates: {{der|en|NL.|anachronismus}} New Latin anachronismus, {{der|en|grc|ἀναχρονισμός}} Ancient Greek ἀναχρονισμός (anakhronismós), {{m|grc|ἀναχρονίζομαι|t=referring to the wrong time}} ἀναχρονίζομαι (anakhronízomai, “referring to the wrong time”), {{m|grc|ἀνά|t=up against}} ἀνά (aná, “up against”), {{m|grc|χρονίζω|t=spending time}} χρονίζω (khronízō, “spending time”), {{m|grc|χρόνος|t=time}} χρόνος (khrónos, “time”), {{af|en|ana-|chrono-|-ism}} ana- + chrono- + -ism Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} anachronism (countable and uncountable, plural anachronisms)
  1. A chronological mistake; the erroneous dating of an event, circumstance, or object. [from :Template:SAFESUBST: c.] Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): People Translations (chronological mistake): ἀναχρονισμός (anakhronismós) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), անախրոնիզմ (anaxronizm) [masculine] (Armenian), анахранізм (anaxranizm) [masculine] (Belarusian), анахрони́зъм (anahronízǎm) [masculine] (Bulgarian), anacronisme [masculine] (Catalan), 不合時宜 (Chinese Mandarin), 不合时宜 (bùhéshíyí) (Chinese Mandarin), anakronism [common-gender] (Danish), anachronisme [neuter] (Dutch), anakronismo (Esperanto), dateraro (Esperanto), ajoitusvirhe (Finnish), anachronisme [masculine] (French), anacronismo [masculine] (Galician), Anachronismus [masculine] (German), αναχρονισμός (anachronismós) (Greek), időrendi tévedés (Hungarian), anakronizmus (Hungarian), időzavar (Hungarian), kortévesztés (Hungarian), anakronisme (Indonesian), mí-aimsearthacht [feminine] (Irish), anacrónachas [masculine] (Irish), iomrall aimsire [masculine] (Irish), anacronismo [masculine] (Italian), 時代錯誤 (jidai sakugo) (alt: じだいさくご) (Japanese), 시대 착오 (sidae chago) (Korean), анахрони́зам (anahronízam) [masculine] (Macedonian), mee-emshiraght [feminine] (Manx), anachronizm [masculine] (Polish), anachroniczność [feminine] (Polish), anacronismo [masculine] (Portuguese), анахрони́зм (anaxronízm) [masculine] (Russian), анакронѝзам [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), анахронѝзам [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), anakronìzam [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), anahronìzam [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), anacronismo [masculine] (Spanish), anacronía [feminine] (Spanish), anakronism [common-gender] (Swedish), anakronizm (Turkish), çağaşım (Turkish), zamandışılık (Turkish), анахроні́зм (anaxronízm) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-anachronism-en-noun-DyYyhgzS Disambiguation of People: 88 12 0 Disambiguation of 'chronological mistake': 93 5 2
  2. A person or thing which seems to belong to a different time or period of time. [from :Template:SAFESUBST: c.] Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (person or thing which seems to belong to a different time): анахрони́зъм (anahronízǎm) [masculine] (Bulgarian), anacronisme [masculine] (Catalan), anachronismus [masculine] (Czech), anakronisme [common-gender] (Danish), anakronismi (Finnish), anacronismo [masculine] (Galician), Anachronismus [masculine] (German), αναχρονισμός (anachronismós) [masculine] (Greek), anakronisme (Indonesian), 時代錯誤 (jidai sakugo) (alt: じだいさくご) (Japanese), анахрони́зам (anahronízam) (Macedonian), anakronisme [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), anakronisme [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), anachronizm [masculine] (Polish), anachroniczność [feminine] (Polish), anacronismo [masculine] (Portuguese), анахрони́зм (anaxronízm) [masculine] (Russian), пережи́ток (perežítok) [masculine] (Russian), анакронѝзам [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), anakronìzam [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), anacronismo [masculine] (Spanish), anacronía [feminine] (Spanish), zaman aşımı (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-anachronism-en-noun-3AIzM78U Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with ana-, English terms prefixed with chrono-, English terms suffixed with -ism Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 11 86 3 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 9 87 4 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 12 83 6 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with ana-: 25 62 13 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with chrono-: 26 61 13 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ism: 11 84 5 Disambiguation of 'person or thing which seems to belong to a different time': 2 91 8
  3. The aberrant projection of the present onto the past. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-anachronism-en-noun-nEEp9VH0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: anachronistic, anachronistically, anachronous, anachronously, parachronistic, prochronistic, anachronym, retronym

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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "chronological mistake",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "anakronism"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "chronological mistake",
      "word": "anakronizm"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "chronological mistake",
      "word": "çağaşım"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "chronological mistake",
      "word": "zamandışılık"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "anaxronízm",
      "sense": "chronological mistake",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "анахроні́зм"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "anahronízǎm",
      "sense": "person or thing which seems to belong to a different time",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "анахрони́зъм"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "person or thing which seems to belong to a different time",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "anacronisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "person or thing which seems to belong to a different time",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "anachronismus"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "person or thing which seems to belong to a different time",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "anakronisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person or thing which seems to belong to a different time",
      "word": "anakronismi"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "person or thing which seems to belong to a different time",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "anacronismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person or thing which seems to belong to a different time",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Anachronismus"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "anachronismós",
      "sense": "person or thing which seems to belong to a different time",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "αναχρονισμός"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "person or thing which seems to belong to a different time",
      "word": "anakronisme"
    },
    {
      "alt": "じだいさくご",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jidai sakugo",
      "sense": "person or thing which seems to belong to a different time",
      "word": "時代錯誤"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "anahronízam",
      "sense": "person or thing which seems to belong to a different time",
      "word": "анахрони́зам"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "person or thing which seems to belong to a different time",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "anakronisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "person or thing which seems to belong to a different time",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "anakronisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person or thing which seems to belong to a different time",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "anachronizm"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "person or thing which seems to belong to a different time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "anachroniczność"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person or thing which seems to belong to a different time",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "anacronismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "anaxronízm",
      "sense": "person or thing which seems to belong to a different time",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "анахрони́зм"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "perežítok",
      "sense": "person or thing which seems to belong to a different time",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "пережи́ток"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "person or thing which seems to belong to a different time",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "анакронѝзам"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "person or thing which seems to belong to a different time",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "anakronìzam"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person or thing which seems to belong to a different time",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "anacronismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person or thing which seems to belong to a different time",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "anacronía"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "person or thing which seems to belong to a different time",
      "word": "zaman aşımı"
    }
  ],
  "word": "anachronism"
}

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