Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Misdated; especially, dated too late.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Belonging to an earlier time; too old to be used;
primitive ;out of date .
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Examples
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Would these not be examples of anachronistic characters but parachronistic.
Question: What Are Your Favorite Movies Featuring Anachronistic Characters? | /Film 2009
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Our laws are based on the constitution; and yes, "the right to bear arms" might be a bit parachronistic; but you can't have it both ways.
What's the Connection?: Shootings At A UU Church Today Debra W. Haffner 2008
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Your first assignment is to tell me what would happen if a parachronistic incongruity had occurred, what indications we would have of it.
To Say Nothing of the Dog Willis, Connie 1997
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“And a parachronistic incongruity is an object whose removal has no effect?”
To Say Nothing of the Dog Willis, Connie 1997
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Bringing an object forward through time would create a parachronistic incongruity.
To Say Nothing of the Dog Willis, Connie 1997
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“Try to get in touch with Andrews, and call up the Bodleian’s files on parachronistic incongruities.”
To Say Nothing of the Dog Willis, Connie 1997
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“Here’s the bibliography on parachronistic incongruities,” he said.
To Say Nothing of the Dog Willis, Connie 1997
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“Ring up Ernst Hasselmeyer in Berlin and ask him if he knows anything about parachronistic incongruities, and if he doesn’t, ask him who does,” Mr. Dunworthy said.
To Say Nothing of the Dog Willis, Connie 1997
qms commented on the word parachronistic
You'll never fool Ernest with this trick;
He knows the whole fakery district.
There were no iron balls
In cold brazen stalls;*
That pretense is parachronistic.
Find out more about Ernest Bafflewit
*See the "Supposed etymology" section at the Wikipedia entry for Brass monkey.
August 17, 2015