ANACHRONISM Synonyms
There are 9 hypernyms of the word anachronism. (close relations)
anachronous
Best Alternative Words for ANACHRONISM
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absurdity | nounn | |||||||
noun • a message whose content is at variance with reason • a ludicrous folly | ||||||||
archaism | nounn | |||||||
noun • the use of an archaic expression | ||||||||
discrepancy | nounn | |||||||
noun • a difference between conflicting facts or claims or opinions • an event that departs from expectations | ||||||||
error | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention • inadvertent incorrectness • a misconception resulting from incorrect information • (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed • departure from what is ethically acceptable • (computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computer • part of a statement that is not correct | ||||||||
incongruity | nounn | |||||||
noun • the quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate | ||||||||
incongruousness | nounn | |||||||
noun • the quality of disagreeing; being unsuitable and inappropriate | ||||||||
inconsistency | nounn | |||||||
noun • the relation between propositions that cannot both be true at the same time • the quality of being inconsistent and lacking a harmonious uniformity among things or parts | ||||||||
mistake | nounn | |||||||
noun • a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention • an understanding of something that is not correct • part of a statement that is not correct verb • identify incorrectly • to make a mistake or be incorrect | ||||||||
old-fashionedness | nounn | |||||||
noun • the property of being no longer fashionable | ||||||||
relic | nounn | |||||||
noun • an antiquity that has survived from the distant past • something of sentimental value | ||||||||
throwback | nounn | |||||||
noun • an organism that has the characteristics of a more primitive type of that organism • a reappearance of an earlier characteristic adjective satellite • characteristic of an atavist | ||||||||
misdating | verbv | |||||||
noun • something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred | ||||||||
mistiming | nounn | |||||||
noun • something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred |