A-Z: General definitions: Anachronism

Definition

A statement or image which fails to take account of historical time ('chronos' in Greek means 'time'). For example, Shakespeare mentions a 'doublet' in 'Julius Caesar', although this was an Elizabethan, not a Roman, item of clothing.

Translation

Greek: 'chronos' means time.
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