Associations to the word «Anachronism»

Wiktionary

ANACHRONISM, noun. A chronological mistake; the erroneous dating of an event, circumstance, or object.
ANACHRONISM, noun. A person or thing which seems to belong to a different time or period of time.

Dictionary definition

ANACHRONISM, noun. Something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred.
ANACHRONISM, noun. An artifact that belongs to another time.
ANACHRONISM, noun. A person who seems to be displaced in time; who belongs to another age.

Wise words

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn