"anachronym" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /əˈnæk.ɹə.nɪm/ Forms: anachronyms [plural]
Rhymes: -ækɹənɪm Etymology: Blend of anachronous + acronym. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|anachronous|acronym}} Blend of anachronous + acronym Head templates: {{en-noun}} anachronym (plural anachronyms)
  1. Synonym of backronym Synonyms: backronym [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-anachronym-en-noun-JOtBQWFe
  2. A term which is used in an anachronistic way, by referring to something in a way that is appropriate only for a former or later time. A type of misnomer. Misnomers are not necessarily incorrect; for example, chalk for a chalkboard is normatively called chalk despite it not being made of chalk.
    Sense id: en-anachronym-en-noun-WnqzMSGb Categories (other): English blends, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -nym, English terms suffixed with -onym Disambiguation of English blends: 42 58 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 90 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 9 91 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -nym: 14 86 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -onym: 16 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: anachronism, retronym

Inflected forms

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