anachronism
ಕಾಲಾಭಾಸ
definition
noun
everything was as it would have appeared in centuries past apart from one anachronism, a bright yellow construction crane
a thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exists, especially a thing that is conspicuously old-fashioned.
translation of 'anachronism'
ಕಾಲವಿಸಂಗತಿ,
ಕಾಲಾಭಾಸ
example
The pejorative charge of 'anachronism' as the inadmissible confusion of periods or eras presupposes that the accuser knows what the correct time of history is.
In the course of discussing this last category, he directly engaged the topic of 'anachronism' .
It's littered with 'anachronism' and it borders on profane ideas riddled as they are with holes.
This awkward 'anachronism' came about when a couple of hundred prefabricated bungalows, built to house workers on an irrigation project in the 1960s, fell into disuse.
The problem here - as with so much popular and scholarly debate on his work - is one of conceptual 'anachronism' .
it is 'anachronism' to suppose that the official morality of the age was mere window dressing
Instead, he decided that 'anachronism' would be a major theme and encouraged the actors to avoid affecting British accents.
It is another 'anachronism' to think that the author of his plays must have been a nobleman.
He must also ask this question to avoid the error of 'anachronism' (or ‘presentism’ as some historians call it).
The principal themes of his fiction writing have been vampires, revenants, and creative 'anachronism' .
Thus the preface to the text informs us that to avoid 'anachronism' , ‘the entomology [sic] of the slang’ was carefully checked.
The claim put forward here is that all these kinds of 'anachronism' , good and bad, were grounded in a common way of thinking about artifacts and have to be dealt with together.
It's difficult to tell when this 'anachronism' is deliberate, and when it is merely a lack of writerly control.
everything was as it would have appeared in centuries past apart from one 'anachronism', a bright yellow construction crane
Some might object that to push a modern idea such as ‘international system’ back into the past is to commit 'anachronism' .
Within the substitutional mode, 'anachronism' was neither an aberration nor a mere rhetorical device, but a structural condition of artifacts.
Usually you will find me with my head in a book muttering at the unreality and 'anachronism' in some flouncy, Austen thing.
I delivered a paper on 'anachronism' and identification in Aristotle and Freud a million years ago at a conference in New York.
It could help to deflect the usual charges of 'anachronism' and unfamiliarity with the period.
the town is a throwback to medieval times, an 'anachronism' that has survived the passing years
There is a major sin in history writing, that of 'anachronism' .
In a world hurtling into a space-age, perhaps we need a bit of 'anachronism' , a place that exudes such history.
There were plenty of in-jokes, parodies of scenes from other films and background 'anachronisms' to keep the viewer busy; a tactic which will no doubt generate repeat business and, eventually, DVD sales.
The copyright laws are out-dated, 'anachronistic' , and need to be re-done or thrown out.
She was, I think I might say not too 'anachronistically' , a feminist.
These issues are rarely original with a particular opera, being historically, sometimes 'anachronistically' , exploited.
So why do we continue to limit ourselves to an 'anachronistic' , outdated, Homeric image of a war fighter?
When a character in a novel set in the 15th century uses a word, ‘taboo,’ that did not enter any European language until the 18th century, the attentive reader begins to look for 'anachronisms' .
These groups would be at risk of becoming mere anecdotes; 'anachronisms' of a bygone time and a lifestyle that is passing.
All modern radiators have been removed and replaced, while fresh paint has been applied to mask any 'anachronisms' which do not fit in with the historic surroundings.
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