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单词 anachronism
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anachronism
noun[C]
uk
/əˈnæk.rə.nɪ.zəm/us
/əˈnæk.rə.nɪ.zəm/
aperson, thing, orideathatexistsout ofitstimeinhistory,especiallyone thathappenedorexistedlaterthan theperiodbeingshown,discussed, etc.:
时代错误，年代误植，不合时代的人（或物）
For somepeople,marriageis an anachronism from thedayswhen womenneededto beprotected.对一些人来说，婚姻是妇女需要受保护的时代的产物，而现在已经不合时宜了。
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Related words

anachronistic
anachronistically
(Definition ofanachronismfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

anachronism| American Dictionary

anachronism
noun[C]
us
/əˈnæk·rəˌnɪz·əm/
someone or somethingplacedin thewrongperiodinhistory, or something thatbelongsto the pastratherthan thepresent:
For ahistoricaldrama, themoviewasfilledwith anachronisms.

anachronistic

adjectiveus
/əˌnæk·rəˈnɪs·tɪk/
He uses onlye-mail, never anachronisticregularmail.
(Definition ofanachronismfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofanachronism

anachronism
During this period of transcription, perhaps certain anachronisms and historical inaccuracies may have crept into the text.
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Most progressive composers must surely have regarded such string symphonies as heard here - all of which were composed between c1740 and c1755 - as ananachronism.
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A slight, but nonetheless exasperating weakness lies in the glut of anachronisms peppering the prose of the book.
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This sweeping chrononology does not mean excessiveanachronismeither.
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Most, in fact, would reject it vigorously as ananachronism.
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But even more powerful than the curtain - which is becoming almost ananachronismin the contemporary theatre - is the door.
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In their fantastic anachronisms, these stories transfer the pure primitive state from the realm of anthropological conjecture to the stage of colonial adventure.
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To discuss "secularization" and "professionalization" of science before the nineteenth century is, by general consensus, to flirt withanachronism.
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Before taking stock of early modern representations of the female intellect, a word about terminology and its load ofanachronismis in order.
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Although something of ananachronism, the typology is still a useful categorisation of the villagers' family support systems.
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The resulting texture created resembles a strange rural-urban blend, a sort of heterophonic tutti which is hard to grasp in its eclecticanachronism.
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The theme of this article is that computers have changed the world of mathematics forever, in the process making proof ananachronism.
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This is an approach which avoids the appalling reductionism perpetrated in the name of psychohistory, but it cannot completely deflect accusations ofanachronism.
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Next are the 'faux savants', all wearing gold spectacles; claiming science to be infallible, they chant contemporary scientific words with obviousanachronism.
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Such readings may serve a useful political purpose, but proceed from essentialist assumptions and are therefore susceptible to accusations ofanachronism.
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