What is an anachronism?
The word anachronism comes from the Greek. Ana means backward or against; khronos means times.
Anachronism means “against time” or “backward time.”
Merriam-Webster defines anachronism as:
An error in chronology; a person or thing that is chronologically out of place.
Anachronism in fiction
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