Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Something inconsistent with or not suited to the character of the country to which it is referred.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare An error in regard to the place of an event or a thing; a referring something to a wrong place.
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Angry, bitter, sarcastic, cowardly and most of all he is like a wrist watch showing up on a Centurion's wrist in Ben Hur a political anachorism
bestiary commented on the word anachorism
something out of place (compare the popular anachronism)
July 24, 2008
jmjarmstrong commented on the word anachorism
JM is a citizen of the land of anachorism
August 13, 2010