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anachronism: a person or thing that is out of place in time
1) something out of place i.t.o. its historical or chronological
context
2) something out of place in time (e.g., an airplane in 1492)
3) something located at a time when it could not have existed or
occurred
Synonym: misplacement
Her floor-length skirts and elaborately done up hair were anachronisms that
she nevertheless pulled off with grace.
The editor recognized an anachronism in the manusc ript where the character
from the 1500s boarded an airplane.
He realized that the film about cavemen contained an anachronism when he
saw a jet cut across the horizon during a hunting scene.