Here's how to remember:
A chronometer measures time and an is used in the negative sense so anachronism is something that is not in the right time.
Have you ever made a chronological error or misplaced something? I know I have. Write about a time where you made an anachronism. Share your response with a friend.
In what way do the images above represent the word? Now create your own visual in which there is an anachronism.
Figure out which of the words below is not a synonym for anachronism.
Misplacement
Misdate
Order
Metachronism
See if you can guess the correct definition of the word now that you have had some practice.
- the total rejection of existing laws, institutions, and moral values; extreme radicalism
- characterized by massiveness, solidness, and total uniformity
- offensively insincere or excessive; disgusting, sickening
- a chronological misplacing of events, objects, customs, or persons in regard to each other
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