anachronism
anacronismo
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'
noun
anacronismo
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.
It's difficult to tell when this 'anachronism' is deliberate, and when it is merely a lack of writerly control.
He must also ask this question to avoid the error of 'anachronism' (or ‘presentism’ as some historians call it).
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
Thus the preface to the text informs us that to avoid 'anachronism' , ‘the entomology [sic] of the slang’ was carefully checked.
Usually you will find me with my head in a book muttering at the unreality and 'anachronism' in some flouncy, Austen thing.
It is another 'anachronism' to think that the author of his plays must have been a nobleman.
The problem here - as with so much popular and scholarly debate on his work - is one of conceptual 'anachronism' .
Some might object that to push a modern idea such as ‘international system’ back into the past is to commit 'anachronism' .
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.
Within the substitutional mode, 'anachronism' was neither an aberration nor a mere rhetorical device, but a structural condition of artifacts.
it is 'anachronism' to suppose that the official morality of the age was mere window dressing
everything was as it would have appeared in centuries past apart from one 'anachronism', a bright yellow construction crane
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.
It's littered with 'anachronism' and it borders on profane ideas riddled as they are with holes.
In the course of discussing this last category, he directly engaged the topic of 'anachronism' .
The principal themes of his fiction writing have been vampires, revenants, and creative 'anachronism' .
Instead, he decided that 'anachronism' would be a major theme and encouraged the actors to avoid affecting British accents.
There is a major sin in history writing, that of 'anachronism' .
I delivered a paper on 'anachronism' and identification in Aristotle and Freud a million years ago at a conference in New York.
In a world hurtling into a space-age, perhaps we need a bit of 'anachronism' , a place that exudes such history.
The copyright laws are out-dated, 'anachronistic' , and need to be re-done or thrown out.
These groups would be at risk of becoming mere anecdotes; 'anachronisms' of a bygone time and a lifestyle that is passing.
The world tends to look at such women today as anti-feminist 'anachronisms' , naïve traitors to the cause of womankind, setting back the march of the liberated by their very existence.
These issues are rarely original with a particular opera, being historically, sometimes 'anachronistically' , exploited.
Furthermore, the presence of bizarre 'anachronisms' undermines the historical value of the picture.
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.
The 'anachronistic' law provided a certain quaint charm, but it meant that restaurants simply could not compete.
After a day spent in dress rehearsal for a war that doesn't seem to be happening, the boys head to the local dance club looking like ludicrous 'anachronisms' in their white Foreign Legion caps.
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