| Anachronism (n.) A misplacing or error in the order of time; as the abacus is an anachronism in modern banking; an error in chronology by which events are misplaced in regard to each other, esp. one by which an event is placed too early; falsification of chronological relation. Thesaurus Entries antedate, antedating, anticipation, defect, faux pas, flaw, gaffe, metachronism, misapplication, misdate, misdating, mistake, mistiming, parachronism, postdate, postdating, prochronism, prolepsis, slip, solecism |