anachronism
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[ noun ] an artifact that belongs to another time
Used in print (Booton Herndon, "From Custer to Korea, The 7th Cavalry"...)Today a battle_cry may seem an anachronism , for in the modern Army , esprit_de_corps has been sacrificed to organizational charts and tables . Related terms |
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[ noun ] something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
Used in print (Edward P. Lawton, "Northern Liberals and Southern...)As for states ' rights , they have never counted in the thinking of my liberal friends except as irritations of a minor and immoral nature which exist now only as anachronisms . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (sociology) a person who seems to be displaced in time; who belongs to another age
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