anachronism: a person or thing that is out of place in time
1) something out of place i.t.o. its historical or chronological context
2) something out of place in time
3) something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
Synonym: misplacement
Her floor-length skirts and elaborately done up hair were anachronisms that she nevertheless pulled off with grace.
The editor recognized an anachronism in the manuscript where the character from the 1500s boarded an airplane.
He realized that the film about cavemen contained an anachronism when he saw a jet cut across the horizon during a hunting scene.
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