Dictionary entry

Anachronism

Webster's Dictionary 1913

An‐ach″ro‐nism (�), n. [Gr. �, fr. � to refer to a wrong time, to confound times; � + � time: cf. F. anachronisme.] A misplacing or error in the order of time; 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.