anachronism
غلط زمانی
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.
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It could help to deflect the usual charges of 'anachronism' and unfamiliarity with the period.
I delivered a paper on 'anachronism' and identification in Aristotle and Freud a million years ago at a conference in New York.
He must also ask this question to avoid the error of 'anachronism' (or ‘presentism’ as some historians call it).
In a world hurtling into a space-age, perhaps we need a bit of 'anachronism' , a place that exudes such history.
The problem here - as with so much popular and scholarly debate on his work - is one of conceptual 'anachronism' .
The principal themes of his fiction writing have been vampires, revenants, and creative 'anachronism' .
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.
everything was as it would have appeared in centuries past apart from one 'anachronism', a bright yellow construction crane
Thus the preface to the text informs us that to avoid 'anachronism' , ‘the entomology [sic] of the slang’ was carefully checked.
There is a major sin in history writing, that of 'anachronism' .
Some might object that to push a modern idea such as ‘international system’ back into the past is to commit 'anachronism' .
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 is 'anachronism' to suppose that the official morality of the age was mere window dressing
Usually you will find me with my head in a book muttering at the unreality and 'anachronism' in some flouncy, Austen thing.
Instead, he decided that 'anachronism' would be a major theme and encouraged the actors to avoid affecting British accents.
It's difficult to tell when this 'anachronism' is deliberate, and when it is merely a lack of writerly control.
the town is a throwback to medieval times, an 'anachronism' that has survived the passing years
In the course of discussing this last category, he directly engaged the topic of 'anachronism' .
It is another 'anachronism' to think that the author of his plays must have been a nobleman.
It's littered with 'anachronism' and it borders on profane ideas riddled as they are with holes.
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.
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.
The filmmaker has to create a period ambience and avoid 'anachronisms' .
It's very old fashioned, almost 'anachronistic' , and it puts you on guard.
The 'anachronistic' law provided a certain quaint charm, but it meant that restaurants simply could not compete.
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' .
In the age of the internet, to bodily drag yourself into offices that are fast becoming expensive 'anachronisms' does seem a little perverse, while the advantages of telecommuting are enormous.
Officially, Russia seeks to lure tourists to its charms, which range from its rich cultural history to the 'anachronisms' which are peculiarly its own, like Lenin's mausoleum, still faithfully guarded on Red Square.
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