ANACHRONISM in a Sentence
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Example sentences for ANACHRONISM, such as:
1. Clifford felt his father was a hopeless anachronism.
2. The President tended to regard the Church as an anachronism.
3. It would be an anachronism to talk of Queen Victoria watching television.
4. In ordinary times, in order to dissolve an anachronism and to cause it to vanish, one has only to make it spell out the date.
2. The President tended to regard the Church as an anachronism.
3. It would be an anachronism to talk of Queen Victoria watching television.
4. In ordinary times, in order to dissolve an anachronism and to cause it to vanish, one has only to make it spell out the date.
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Meanings and Examples of ANACHRONISM
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anachronism
n. an artifact that belongs to another time
n. something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred
Classic Sentence:
1 Clifford felt his father was a hopeless anachronism.
2 In ordinary times, in order to dissolve an anachronism and to cause it to vanish, one has only to make it spell out the date.
Example Sentence:
1 The President tended to regard the Church as an anachronism.
2 He is interested in the spirit of the play, and he is not averse to throwing in an anachronism or two if he thinks it will help underscore a point.
3 It would be an anachronism to talk of Queen Victoria watching television.